infidelity

If there was ever a valid reason to call up the family lawyer, then it would be because your spouse has been cheating on you. Infidelity is the number one reason why most couples suffer through bitter divorces. The problems they may have had up to that point may have been small matters. It may have been arguing over money or not spending enough time with one another. But once cheating and betrayal enters into the marriage, it heads south very quickly and can get very ugly.

Infidelity comes in many forms. The most prevalent is the husband or wife having a sexual affair outside of their marriage. But emotional cheating can be just as damaging. When one spouse turns to another person for emotional comfort and caring, it can deeply wound the innocent party. It may have never progressed to actual physical intimacy but it still hurts just the same and is still grounds for divorce.

Divorce court is not a great place to have to air dirty laundry about infidelities. Most judges do not look favorably on a cheating spouse. In some states it is grounds enough to be granted alimony. There are very few cases of uncontested divorces where a partner has been cheating. Most are very bitter affairs that often require the services of a divorce mediation professional in order to come to a peaceful agreement.

If your partner has cheated on you but you are not quite ready to call it quits, then you can still find marriage help. It will take a lot of work to get the marriage back on track but it can happen. It requires counseling to uncover the reasons why one spouse strayed from the marriage bed. There will be a lot of hurt feelings that have to be overcome and it is entirely possible that you can never let the incident(s) go and that divorce will happen regardless of your efforts to save the marriage.

Infidelity does more than end a marriage. It always causes the injured spouse to doubt his or her own value. Did you make your husband/wife cheat? Was there something about your looks or personality that was not good enough? All manner of questions run through the mind. Divorce laws are on your side if you decide to contact a divorce attorney but it does not make it sting any less.