{"id":272,"date":"2017-09-08T15:51:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T15:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.wordpress.com\/?p=272"},"modified":"2018-09-28T07:48:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T07:48:02","slug":"familyfriday-adultery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/familyfriday-adultery\/","title":{"rendered":"#FamilyFriday \u2013 Adultery"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this week\u2019s #FamilyFriday article, the attorneys<\/a> at ERA Law Group, LLC want to talk to you about adultery.\u00a0 Not surprisingly, it is difficult to obtain the rate of adultery in marriages today.\u00a0 Statistics range from 25% to 75% where at least one partner has admitted to committing adultery at some point during their marriage.\u00a0 Perhaps this makes sense given the 40% to 50% divorce rate in America.<\/p>\n

As discussed in previous blog posts, there are many ways to obtain a divorce<\/a>.\u00a0 If there are children and\/or unresolved property issues, you must wait at least twelve months to receive your Judgment of Absolute Divorce.\u00a0 There are a few exceptions to this general rule.\u00a0 One of these exceptions is if a spouse has committed adultery.\u00a0 Adultery is defined as sexual intercourse between a married person and another person that is not their spouse.\u00a0 Maryland Courts have indicated that any sexual activity can be adulterous even if it does not include intercourse.\u00a0 This takes into consideration same-sex couples and others who may be engaging in nefarious and inappropriate conduct but stopping at intercourse.<\/p>\n

Proving adultery can be problematic.\u00a0 Sometimes spouses suspect that their partner has been unfaithful but can\u2019t prove it.\u00a0 In these circumstances, it may be difficult to obtain your divorce within twelve months.\u00a0 When you do have proof whether it be text messages, catching your spouse, receiving contact from the \u201cother\u201d person, etc., that can be your way to divorce within a year.\u00a0 In some instances, the adulterous spouse even admits to the adultery.<\/p>\n

In the case when adultery is proven or the alleged unfaithful spouse\u2019s actions are highly suspected of adultery<\/a>, the Court may take this into consideration when making a marital award.\u00a0 Perhaps they\u2019ll find that the unfaithful spouse deserves less of a marital share than what the Court would have otherwise awarded the spouse.\u00a0 Perhaps the Court may order the unfaithful spouse pay more alimony or rehabilitative alimony considering their actions.<\/p>\n

If you know or believe your spouse has cheated on you, call the attorneys at ERA Law Group, LLC today at (410) 919-1790.\u00a0 We are here to advocate for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Statistics range from 25% to 75% where at least one partner has admitted to committing adultery at some point during their marriage.\u00a0 Perhaps this makes sense given the 40% to 50% divorce rate in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[430,426,413],"tags":[180,181,7,182,11,53,12,160,161,67,455,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alimony","8":"category-divorce-and-separation","9":"category-family-law","10":"tag-absolute-divorce","11":"tag-adultery","12":"tag-alimony","13":"tag-cheating","14":"tag-divorce","15":"tag-family","16":"tag-family-law","17":"tag-judgment-of-absolute-divorce","18":"tag-marital-award","19":"tag-marriage","20":"tag-proving-adultery","21":"tag-unfaithful","22":"entry"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}