Lene wrote:
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When that happens, it is entirely possible (in some jurisdictions) to sue someone in civil proceedings for damages from "loss of affection.". You do not want to be that guy who gets sued for stealing another man's woman.
For real? Wow.

OH yeah. Notice I said in SOME jurisdictions. You can do that where I live, for instance, in Mississippi. I think somebody told me that the same laws are on the books in Canada but they really just aren't enforced.
In fact, it probably really isn't enforced all that much anywhere, but it IS an option if you can prove it. That's probably why most women who leave their husbands for another man are probably very good at keeping that secret until the divorce is final.
I never personally worked a case like that, but I did hear about a situation in which a girl was trying to divorce her abusive husband. He came back with trying to prove her an unfit mother so he could get full custody of their children--as in sole custody. As it happens, he's a police officer. So he hires a P.I. to follow her and get pictures of her with this other guy. It later turned out they never had any "real" evidence, but just enough to freak her out. She ended up confessing that not only was she having sex with her boyfriend but that this was happening in the same room with her youngest baby, only an infant at the time.
Now, as disturbing as that might seem, there's no real harm in that. Despite the harmless nature of things like that, it doesn't win you any points in court, not to mention she was in clear violations of the law against adultery and it was proven in court that she was.
She ended up losing her child over that and as a consequence CPS got involved over children she had with a previous boyfriend or husband. She repeatedly lied to her lawyer and proceeded to try to hire another lawyer when she finally realized things had gotten too screwed up to win. She'll be lucky to ever see her children again--any of them, and she'll never get her youngest back.
And not just merely losing any rights at all, but having the burden of child support on top of all that.
If she sounds stupid, it's probably because she is! But it's just a lesson that if you get married, KEEP YOUR VOWS! And if you can't live together, keep your nose and private parts clean until the divorce is final. If you know someone in the middle of divorce proceedings, STAY AWAY!