Adultery as Divorce Grounds

Adultery is one of the most common divorce grounds and, as everyone knows is sexual intercourse between a married person and someone else other than their spouse.

Because of the emotional hurt adultery can bestow on another the majority of cases end in divorce and it is such a common reason for divorce that adultery has even been given its own separate grounds for you to file for.

To obtain Divorce Grounds via the adultery route you must provide proof as the belief that your partner has committed it is not enough and quite often the Courts will want third party evidence to not just the say so of the spouse involved.

In the majority of cases there is no direct evidence and so circumstantial evidence will be needed such as the fact that they were with the other person and adultery could have occurred and they had a reason or reasons for potentially having sex during that time. Proof of inclination could be a love text or phone calls, while proof or opportunity could be a hotel bill or witnessed house visit.

If you do think that you have divorce grounds based on adultery you should try to find a divorce lawyer with experience in dealing with such cases and you can find such lawyers in our divorce lawyer database by clicking this link.

You should also ask them about the evidence they think you will need to prove adultery, whether they think you could claim for an uncontested or contested divorce and even if it is still considered adultery if your other spouse is actually committing homosexual acts.