Legal Question in Family Law in Tennessee
adultery
I found my wife of just under 1 year cheating on my 8 weeks ago. we talked about it and we worked things out. 1 1/2 weeks later i caught her again. I have several appology letters from her on his issue and have many friends and witnesses. I have now been living with friends for 8 weeks and have now learned that she wants a divorce and her new lover is living in the house that I bought and sleeping with her in my bed.
Is there any law against adultery and if so can I prosecute the two of them. I can not afford an attorney but feel i should get everything that we have purchased together. She only had a job the last 1 1/2 months of us being together. What can I do?
Thanks so much for your time.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: adultery
Adultery is a civil wrong committed by a married person. The way you would handle this is to sue her for divorce and use adultery as the grounds for the divorce. It is outrageous that she is living in your home with her new lover. The two of them should move out, and you should get back your house if life were fair. But life is not always fair. In any event, I help pro se people who cannot afford to pay for an attorney to represent them. I charge for preparing court documents, which you can file yourself as a party representing himself (pro se). If you can share some more facts with me privately via e-mail, then I could draw up a complaint for divorce + summons for you to serve on your wife.
The cost would be $80.
That would get the ball rolling in terms of evicting them from the house and getting back your fair share of the marital property.
Mike Guth
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