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Legal concerns and cheating spouses

Infidelity (likewise referred to as cheating, adultery, or having an affair) is the subjective impression that one's partner has violated a set of rules or relationship norms and this offense results in feelings of sexual jealousy and competition. The violation can be sexual in nature, for instance, involving kissing, sexual fondling, or intercouse with another person outside of the relationship.

What constitutes an act of unfaithfulness is reliant upon the exclusivity expectations inside the relationship. In matrimonial relationships, exclusivity expectations are usually assumed although they are not  met. When they are not met, research has found that specific psychological damage including feelings of fury and betrayal, lowering of sexual and personal confidence, and harm to self-image can happen.

In many cases, legal representation is acquired by both parties. Furthermore, evidence is often gained by either side usually for financial gains or child custody. This service is usually handled by a licensed private investigator. However, it's important to note, that many infidelity situations leads to civil legal battles. 

In some jurisdictions an adulterous affair could incur unplanned financial costs. In Australia, for instance, affairs of two or more years length can be deemed a de facto relationship, exposing the married cheater to financial claims in the Family Court on their superannuation savings, income and property. A de facto relationship may exist even when the partners do not think so. It is the Court that will specify when it began and concluded, based on the evidence. All countries in Europe have decriminalized unfaithfulness when married, yet many countries in Africa have criminalized this type of unfaithfulness.

In the United States laws relating to infidelity vary and those states that criminalize adultery seldom pursue the offense. Penalties for adultery range from life incarceration in Michigan, to a 10 dollar fine in Maryland or "Class 1" felony in Wisconsin. Adultery laws in the United States are ill-defined due to Supreme Court decisions in 1965 giving privacy of sexual intimacy to consenting adults. Adultery is declared to be illegal by the laws of 26 states: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.