For a client, composing a Facebook post, tweet, email or text message takes little time, effort or thought. But for family law attorneys, these digitized quips and images have become useful but time-consuming pieces of evidence, shaping their practices and advice to clients.

While young people, less than 30 years old, took to social media most quickly, the percentage of all Internet users with a social media presence has grown to 74 percent, according to a 2014 report from the Pew Research Center. Most of those people are using Facebook, while ­sizeable minorities are on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn.

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