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To protect your privacy, you agree that you will not submit any media that contains Personally Identifiable Information (like name, phone number, email address or web site URL.) of you or of anyone else. Uploading media like images or video of other people without their permission is strictly prohibited.

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By uploading any media like a photo or video, (a) you grant to www.divorcebuoy.com a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, copy, print, display, reproduce, modify, publish, post, transmit and distribute the media and any material included in the media; and (b) you certify that any person pictured in the submitted media (or, if a minor, his/her parent/legal guardian) authorizes www.divorcebuoy.com to use, copy, print, display, reproduce, modify, publish, post, transmit and distribute the media and any material included in such media; and (c) you agree to indemnify www.divorcebuoy.com and its affiliates, directors, officers and employees and hold them harmless from any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising from the media and/or your failure to comply with these the terms described in this document.

www.divorcebuoy.com reserves the right to review all media prior to submission to the site and to remove any media for any reason, at any time, without prior notice, at our sole discretion.

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In consideration of being allowed to use the Public Areas, you agree that the following actions shall constitute a material breach of these Terms and Conditions:

1. Using a Public Area for any purpose in violation of local, state, national, or international laws.

2. Posting material that infringes on the intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others.

3. Posting material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful, or embarrassing to any other person or entity as determined by www.divorcebuoy.com in its sole discretion.

4. Posting advertisements or solicitations of business.

5. After receiving a warning, continuing to disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, or posting comments that are not related to the topic being discussed (unless it is clear the discussion is free-form).

6. Posting chain letters or pyramid schemes.

7. Impersonating another person.

8. Distributing viruses or other harmful computer code.

9. Harvesting or otherwise collecting information about others, including email addresses, without their identification for posting or viewing comments; consent.

10. Allowing any other person or entity to use your identification for posting or viewing comments.

11. Posting the same note more than once or “spamming”.

12. Engaging in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Public Area or the Site, or which, in the judgment of www.divorcebuoy.com , exposes www.divorcebuoy.com or any of its customers or suppliers to any liability or detriment of any type.

www.divorcebuoy.com reserves the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the following:

1. Record the dialogue in public forums.

2. Investigate an allegation that a communication(s) do(es) not conform to the terms of this section and determine in its sole discretion to remove or request the removal of the communication(s).

3. Remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive, or that otherwise fail to conform with these Terms and Conditions.

4. Terminate a user’s access to any or all Public Areas and/or the www.divorcebuoy.com Site upon any breach of these Terms and Conditions.

5. Monitor, edit, or disclose any communication in the Public Areas.

6. Edit or delete any communication(s) posted on the www.divorcebuoy.com Site, regardless of whether such communication(s) violate these standards.

www.divorcebuoy.com or its licensors have no liability or responsibility to users of the www.divorcebuoy.com Site or any other person or entity for performance or nonperformance of the aforementioned activities.

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www.divorcebuoy.com does not recommend and does not endorse the content on any third-party websites.

www.divorcebuoy.com is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, sites framed within the www.divorcebuoy.com Site, third-party sites provided as search results, or third-party advertisements, and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites. www.divorcebuoy.com does not endorse any product, service, or treatment advertised on the www.divorcebuoy.com Site.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold www.divorcebuoy.com, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your violation of these Terms and Conditions.

Access to the Content of this site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the www.divorcebuoy.com Network from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

The following provisions survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever: Liability, User Submissions, User Submissions – image, video, audio files, Indemnity, Jurisdiction, and Complete Agreement.

You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with www.divorcebuoy.com , or in any way relating to your use of the www.divorcebuoy.com Site, resides in the courts of the State of Colorado and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State of Colorado in connection with any such dispute including any claim involving www.divorcebuoy.com or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers, and content providers.

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Colorado, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.

If you believe any materials accessible on or from the Site infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access thereto) from this web site by contacting www.divorcebuoy.com’s copyright agent and providing the following information (contact via email at info@divorcebuoy.com):

1. Identification of the copyrighted work that you believe to be infringed. Please describe the work, and where possible include a copy or the location (e.g., URL) of an authorized version of the work.

2. Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and its location. Please describe the material, and provide us with its URL or any other pertinent information that will allow us to locate the material.

3. Your name, address, telephone number and (if available) e-mail address.

4. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the complained of use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

5. A statement that the information that you have supplied is accurate, and indicating that “under penalty of perjury,” you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

6. A signature or the electronic equivalent from the copyright holder or authorized representative.

In an effort to protect the rights of copyright owners, www.divorcebuoy.com maintains a policy for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of subscribers and account holders of the Site who are repeat infringers.

Except as expressly provided in a particular “legal notice” on the www.divorcebuoy.com Site, these Terms and Conditions and the www.divorcebuoy.com Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and www.divorcebuoy.com with respect to the use of the www.divorcebuoy.com Site, and Content.

Thank you for your cooperation. We hope you find the www.divorcebuoy.com Site helpful and convenient to use! Questions or comments regarding this website, including any reports of non-functioning links, should be submitted using our Contact Us page.

Note – this page is currently inactive
Advice page. This page is new as of December, 2010 and will become active in January 2011. All of the information on this disclaimer page, as well as all of the information on the privacy page, pertains to that page as well. A person seeking advice on this site or contacting BUOY for advice shall have all of the items on the www.divorcebuoy.com disclaimer page and the privacy page apply.

In summary, please be careful with information from this site, and treat it like the opinion-based site it is. These are the subjective experiences of many people, and information compiled by many sources, some of whom could be mistaken or misinformed. If you are unsure of any information you find here, we strongly suggest checking other sources to confirm the details.

Updated 3 NOVEMBER 2023