Facts You Need to Know Before Deciding Divorce
Before the decree Today, many couples choose the not guilty option after filing. However, fraud is stillĀ considering divorceĀ proceedings, especially if the unfaithful spouse invested the spouse’s funds through the extramarital relationship.
Adultery Leads to Divorce
Sometimes these raw feelings force a person to seek a divorce before considering whether to end their marriage. Having represented many spouses in divorce proceedings, we have begun to understand that adultery is often a symptom of dissatisfaction resulting from many marital problems; many couples find it very likely that they will address these problems and rebuild their marriage. For this reason, we often talk about potential clients, whether they have taken advantage of couple counseling or other alternative remedies until they have completed the long, long, and permanent road to divorce.
Distribution of funds, misled spouses often mistakenly think they are far ahead of their unfaithful partner in their divorce once they prove adultery. The fact is that the courts do not take adultery into account when determining the sources unless the marriage funds were spent on gifts – such as jewelry, cars, or even apartments, dinners, hotel rooms, etc. – within adultery. In such cases, the court regularly points out that assets spent on non-marital rewards must be returned to the marital pool of assets or that the non-fraudulent spouse must be given a small benefit equal to the percentage of these assets; otherwise, the assets will be distributed in the same specific way that would have been done in …