UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal
Abstract
Should online infidelity be included as grounds for divorce in modern adultery statutes? This Note explores the history of divorce law and evaluates the possibilities of alleging online adultery as a sustainable reason for divorce. The author concludes that, in light of the normative goals of divorce law, the courts are an improper venue for addressing online affairs. Thus, online affairs, though possibly detrimental to marriage, are not "adultery" for legal purposes and therefore should not constitute adequate grounds for divorce in fault-based divorce proceedings.
Recommended Citation
Christina Tavella Hall,
Sex Online: Is This Adultery,
20 UC Law SF Comm. & Ent. L.J. 201
(1997).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol20/iss1/6
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