Sentences with phrase «proof of adultery»

No fault divorce statutes do not require showing spousal misconduct and are a response to outdated divorce statutes that require proof of adultery or some other unsavory act in a court of law by the divorcing party.

Proof of adultery prior to separation will be much more relevant to the court.

Now, with an election mere days away, the mayor puts the PI to work trailing his wife (Catherine Zeta - Jones, Side Effects), seeking proof of her adultery before his opponent (Barry Pepper, True Grit) can use it against him.

In certain medieval European chivalric romances, such as Marie de France's Le Fresne, a woman cites a multiple birth (often to a lower - class woman) as proof of adultery on her part; while this may reflect a widespread belief, it is invariably treated as malicious slander, to be justly punished by the accuser having a multiple birth of her own, and the events of the romance are triggered by her attempt to hide one or more of the children.

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It happens that a husband finds proof that morning of his wife's adultery, and a mob carries her to the marketplace to stone her to death.

If the burden of proof for an adultery divorce is «clear and convincing evidence» is that also the burden of proof to invoke adultery's bar to alimony?

«Clear and convincing evidence» is a high standard of proof, but if adultery is established, there may be significant financial consequences for the spouse who cheated, including a bar to receiving permanent spousal support.

Yet New York law has one big catch: unless the parties have signed a formal separation agreement it requires proof of cruelty, adultery or abandonment, whereas other states allow «irreconcilable differences» as grounds for a divorce.