{"id":2836,"date":"2024-04-19T09:25:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T14:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2024-04-19T09:25:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T14:25:10","slug":"texas-divorce-involving-adultery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-divorce-involving-adultery\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Divorce Involving Adultery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although Texas has recognized no-fault divorce since 1970, it also still recognizes fault-based divorce on grounds including adultery, cruelty, and conviction of a felony. Proving an at-fault ground for divorce can affect property division, spousal maintenance, and other matters in a divorce.<\/p>\n<p>A spouse seeking divorce based on adultery must prove by \u201cclear and convincing\u201d evidence, beyond just suggestion and innuendo, that the other spouse had sexual intercourse with someone else during the marriage.\u00a0 Evidence may include text or email messages, phone records, photos, or financial records.\u00a0 Adultery can occur at any point during the marriage, even after the spouses stop living together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Property Division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The court in a Texas divorce must divide the community estate in a \u201cjust and right\u201d manner.\u00a0 A court has broad discretion in formulating a just and right division, and may consider a number of factors in doing so.\u00a0 One of those factors is fault in the breakup of the marriage.\u00a0 A spouse alleging the other committed adultery may therefore seek a disproportionate share of the community property based on the alleged affair.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-divorce-involving-adultery\/#more-2836\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Texas has recognized no-fault divorce since 1970, it also still recognizes fault-based divorce on grounds including adultery, cruelty, and conviction of a felony. Proving an at-fault ground for divorce can affect property division, spousal maintenance, and other matters in a divorce. 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