The term
"victim spouse" refers to a person who is married to someone who mistreats or hurts them.
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Thus, if the plaintiff qua plaintiff can show a duty owed to him, a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress can be stated by
the victim spouse.
Domestic abuse will not impact the amount of money
the victim spouse will receive or the support award.
Especially in states like North Carolina, where adultery is used as a defense to the payment of alimony, or where
a victim spouse can sue an unknowing boyfriend or girlfriend of the other spouse for alienation of affection or criminal conversation, I would certainly caution anyone contemplating divorce from putting their heart out there on a website.
The order may require the abuser to leave the marital home, stay away from
the victim spouse's place of employment or school, and award temporary child custody to the victim spouse.
The challenge for
the victim spouse is nearly always self - care.
Howard suggests that the friendly divorce mask the hidden hopes of the rejected party «to regain the love of the whistle blower,» but that by not purging him or her from the heart,
the victim spouse «may be divorced, you may be unmarried but you are not available.
Even though
the victim spouse might have a deep desire to understand what or why this has happened, he or she should avoid wanting to know all the details.
Discovering an affair jolts
the victim spouse and may trigger powerful emotions, such as anger, betrayal, shame, depression, guilt, fear, or remorse.
The victim spouse should seek support.
Very often after an affair becomes exposed the guilty spouse infuriates
the victim spouse by showing no remorse for his or her infidelity.
In these cases, the Illinois courts allow for immediate divorce on the basis of fault, but this option is limited to cases where
the victim spouse can prove the behavior was meant to cause harm and was unprovoked.