Help! Seperation & Adultrey

[hnicole]

What is the name of your state? Ohio

I have been separated from my husband for 8 months and I have since seperation starting dating a guy. Is it still considered adultery in Ohio if you are separated and living apart? Can it be held against me if he decides to take me to court and will it hurt anything with what the court would decide with my kids?

 

[Bali Hai]

What is the name of your state? Ohio

I have been separated from my husband for 8 months and I have since seperation starting dating a guy. Is it still considered adultery in Ohio if you are separated and living apart? Can it be held against me if he decides to take me to court and will it hurt anything with what the court would decide with my kids?

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[LdiJ]

What is the name of your state? Ohio

I have been separated from my husband for 8 months and I have since seperation starting dating a guy. Is it still considered adultery in Ohio if you are separated and living apart? Can it be held against me if he decides to take me to court and will it hurt anything with what the court would decide with my kids?

I hope that Ohiogal will chime in on this one, but if my memory serves me correctly Ohio is not a "fault" state, therefore it shouldn't be an issue.

However, in general its not wise to date when you are still married, and even less wise to involve your children with people you are "dating", when you are still legally married.

 

[Just Blue]

I hope that Ohiogal will chime in on this one, but if my memory serves me correctly Ohio is not a "fault" state, therefore it shouldn't be an issue.

However, in general its not wise to date when you are still married, and even less wise to involve your children with people you are "dating", when you are still legally married.

Yes, showing your children that it is okay to be married to one man and "dating" another is not a good thing! And of course you shouldn't have him sleeping over if the children are there.

 

[Bali Hai]

Yes, showing your children that it is okay to be married to one man and "dating" another is not a good thing! And of course you shouldn't have him sleeping over if the children are there.

Is that legal or moral advice in this particular case??

 

[Ohiogal]

I hope that Ohiogal will chime in on this one, but if my memory serves me correctly Ohio is not a "fault" state, therefore it shouldn't be an issue.

However, in general its not wise to date when you are still married, and even less wise to involve your children with people you are "dating", when you are still legally married.

Ohio is a no-fault state and judges prefer to grant divorces for no fault reasons (i.e. living separate and apart for more than a year and incompatiability unless denied).
HOWEVER, with that being said, courts have been known to restrict parents from bringing children around paramours or alleged paramours and enforcing that. If you do that in violation of a court's order you can face losing custody because if you are not going to follow a court's temporary orders why would you follow the permanent ones?

 

[Just Blue]

Is that legal or moral advice in this particular case??

Well, before OG answered, I would have said possibly both! But it is just moral advice in this case!! Although one could argue that having strange men around your children wouldn't be in their best interest, and could affect her custody battle!