Hmmm. I always thought that if there was adultery that was grounds for divorce and it was a serious black mark on your name when petitioning for allimony...my mistake, I haven't been through it, so I really am just babbling. :|

I do agree that some effort should be demonstrated on behalf of the ww spouse. Its awfully hard to prove effort in court though. I can go to counselling and not really make a sincere effort. The paperwork would still show I went.

My gf is going to counselling now with our MT, but she's having an affair, she told the MT outright she won't stop seeing him. She just throws walls up to our MT and myself everytime either of us try to talk to her.

I like the idea, I am just trying to figure out how to make that work....hmmmm

As for the claims yes, I think if you are caught having an affair and you want to leave, you leave your home, your savings, and your children behind. Tossing out a spouse but expecting to keep everything else is just perverse.