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adultery

In adultery
…many states began to permit “no-fault” divorces, which do not require an injured party to prove specific misdeeds. Most American states allow couples to divorce on either a fault or a no-fault basis, and many use no-fault divorce exclusively. The shift to no-fault divorce significantly reduced the importance of adultery…
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family law

In family law: Divorce
…spouse; and, more recently, “no-fault” divorce, on grounds such as incompatibility, irreconcilable differences, and irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.
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