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jmowreader

(53,416 posts)
7. The other way is true
Mon Apr 1, 2019, 08:33 PM
Apr 2019

All states are no-fault divorce states. Virginia is one of the few that still allows fault-based divorces. Suing for adultery (if you can prove it, and it appears she could in this case) is advantageous if you want to take the bastard to the cleaners, because it lets them throw out all the "equitable division of property" stuff and allows the aggrieved party to take pretty much whatever she wants.

Our friends in the GOP would really like to get rid of no-fault divorce; I figure if that happens you'll see a LOT of people doing "amicable adultery" divorces, as in "hi single friend, can you do me a favor? We've got to have a fault in our marriage before we can get divorced, so could you be so kind as to come to the house tomorrow night and fuck my husband for me? No, really...if you could do this for us, we'd be eternally grateful. Oh, you can? See ya at nine, then. The kids will be at my mom's house."

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