Man divorces wife for considering affair

britexpat
By britexpat

Let this be a warning to you ladies out there.. We won't stand for it.....................

An Italian couple's marriage has been annulled on the basis that the wife had contemplated having an affair.

Italy's highest court upheld a ruling by a church tribunal and a lower court - even though the woman never actually committed adultery.

The court ruled that the woman's contemplation of having an affair, or affairs, was sufficient for the marriage to be annulled, reports the Daily Telegraph.

The unusual case began when the husband went to a church tribunal in Modena in northern Italy asking for his marriage to be dissolved.

He told the tribunal that his wife had often talked about having an open marriage, although she had "never put the idea into practice".

The tribunal agreed with him that the marriage should be annulled, but his wife took the case to a civil court in Bologna and from there to Italy's highest appeals court in Rome.

In its ruling, the judges from the Cassazione Court in Rome wrote: "We fully support the lower court's findings, despite there being no evidence of the woman having relationships with other men."

Under the judgment, the wife will not be entitled to claim alimony from her former husband. Privacy rules prevented the couple's names, ages and occupations from being divulged.

Source: Ananova

By ex.ex.expat• 11 Nov 2010 16:12
Rating: 3/5
ex.ex.expat

and to me they are as behind as most 3rd world countries, if not more so in some areas.

By jpa• 11 Nov 2010 16:07
jpa

Sometimes, honesty is the best fallacy.

By britexpat• 11 Nov 2010 15:37
britexpat

contemplating is not actually doing .. is it ?

By hapy• 11 Nov 2010 14:38
hapy

Correct decision by the court, if a marraige has reached teh point that couple want to have an affair, its better to separate.

By s_isale• 11 Nov 2010 09:41
s_isale

how do you close out a marriage?

By anonymous• 11 Nov 2010 09:20
anonymous

i would never ask my future husband to make our marriage open..They should never marry in the first place if they just want to taste different bananas in the shop..

By britexpat• 11 Nov 2010 08:38
britexpat

What is strange is that in this case, both the religious and civil courts are in harmony.

A dangerous precedent and perhaps an easy way out for many a man in the future..

By s_isale• 11 Nov 2010 08:34
s_isale

Ital - 1st world. its rather mafia world

By SPEED• 11 Nov 2010 08:29
Rating: 3/5
SPEED

"In its ruling, the judges from the Cassazione Court in Rome wrote: "We fully support the lower court's findings, despite there being no evidence of the woman having relationships with other men."

this proves that some laws in the 1st world countries are worst than 3rd world countries !!

By britexpat• 11 Nov 2010 08:13
britexpat

It seems that the wife had suggested that they could have an open marriage.

So, not only does he get to divorce the wife, but no alimony payments either.

A dangerous precedent mayhaps !

By s_isale• 11 Nov 2010 08:02
s_isale

now thinking is a crime :(

By smoke• 11 Nov 2010 08:02
smoke

The source is Ananova...perhaps we can contact her.

By britexpat• 11 Nov 2010 08:01
britexpat

This can apply to men too.. So don't even think about two timing your husband..

By Rizks• 11 Nov 2010 07:58
Rizks

tools or Source ?

By SPEED• 11 Nov 2010 07:57
SPEED

tell me the tools from where you dig all such news ;-)

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