Understanding of the term is still affected by parties’ gender, lifestyle, financial standing, educational background, ...

While you can get arrested for taking a Louisville slugger to both headlights, you can’t get arrested for cheating on your spouse anymore in New York.

Adultery bans are still written law in many states across the nation and were enacted to make it harder to get a divorce at a ...

One of those that passed the senate last week looks to take care of what's called a “zombie law,” and in the process make adultery no longer illegal in our state. “I don't know why we're ...

For a court to consider adultery, under Texas law, sexual intercourse is necessary to legally define adultery. A spouse exchanging sexually explicit emails, texts, or photos with someone other ...

Texas law doesn't consider adultery to be a felony or misdemeanor. But Texas Family Code §6.003 does say the court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if the other spouse has committed the act.

Now, he wants a divorce. Bob, who lives in Texas, wants Jane to face consequences, possibly even jail time, but he is unsure if adultery is illegal in Texas. While some states classify adultery as ...

Sharp divides have seemed to define America lately—and Merriam-Webster just made it official. The famous American dictionary publisher on Monday announced that “polarization”—defined as ...

Meet Bob. Bob discovered his wife, Jane, in a compromising situation with the Amazon driver when he returned home from work. Now, he wants a divorce. Bob, who lives in Texas, wants Jane to face ...

Charges have been rare and convictions even rarer. Some states have also moved to repeal their adultery laws in recent years.

A former commander at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, will face a court-martial for adultery and fraternization, the base announced nearly one year after his removal from leadership.

Michigan House panel advances legislation to repeal unconstitutional sodomy ban from state law Senate committee considering similar legislation to remove criminal penalties for adultery, co-habitation ...