I have a close friend right now who has a husband that has had a girlfriend for over a year and she has told her husband to end it. She thinks her husband is leaning towards a divorce. I read somewhere where a wife sued her husbands mistress in a civil suit. Can this be done? The "other woman " is well aware that he is married and will not give up trying to break up the marriage.
2006-09-16 01:39:35 · 14 answers · asked by lawrence 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I worked for an attorney when I lived in MI, but I never heard of this happening. But anything is possible in a courtroom these days.
2006-09-16 01:43:38 · answer #1 · answered by greenmountains84 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell your friend to get over it. Of course it's a bad situation. And of course the mistress is a crummy person.
If your friend's husband really wanted to be with her, he wouldn't have cheated. If she thinks there's any little chance that she may want to try to work things out with her husband, she should NOT try to sue the mistress. What exactly will that accomplish, except making her look like a whiney wife (which may be the husband's problem to begin with?)
Secondly, if she does want to stay with him, they need counseling, or else he WILL cheat again. Just telling him to stop isn't enough; there was a reason he did it to begin with; something was amiss.
And thirdly, if she's going to divorce him, she really shouldn't try to sue the mistress, because he will then make the divorce a living hell, I'm sure.
So overall, no, she should not try to sue the mistress. I'm really not sure what it'll accomplish, and it will make the wife seem like a whiney little girl.
And also, I've heard that Michigan is a no-fault divorce state, so it really doesn't matter.
Your friend needs to stop blaming the other woman, and blame her husband. Yes the other woman was crummy to do it, but she certainly didn't force the husband to do it. He was a willing participant.
2006-09-16 01:53:06 · answer #2 · answered by AnswerMom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The other woman could have no effect on the marriage if not for the husbands desire to cheat! Put blame where blame belongs! The husband made a commitment to the wife that he is breaking it, not the mistress. The mistress maybe a lot of things but the cause of the affair she is not, she is mearly a willing participant. I am not sure if the wife can sue the mistress legally, but morally the husband is the one with the responsibility. The wife should make the very difficult decision of either getting out of the marriage of living with the knowledge that the husband is a cheat!
2006-09-16 01:49:29 · answer #3 · answered by Badkitty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michigan Mistress
2016-11-07 08:16:08 · answer #4 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michigan is a no fault state. Who does what isn't a consideration when you divorce. I'd doubt you could sue somebody for cheating with a married person.
2006-09-16 01:52:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stupid law. The man tells the mistress to back of if he doesn't is his fault not hers. If someone sues they look pathetic and money hungry. Get a Job. Life is hard. Stuff happens. When its over its over. He doesn't want his wife. Move on get a hobby read 5 books a week. cry get over it and move on if a man kicks u down u cry and than u transform the pain into power. The person who kicks u down is handing u a plate full of power IF IF IF u can transform it. Read meditate dance cry raise ur intellect thru reading 5 books a week. Men cheat cause they are abusers or sheeple they are ruled by lower animal passions they are bar trash they don't read books. Go read books get own power and will see him and her deserve each other as they are dumb sheeple TV watching bar going sheeple.
2016-03-17 21:48:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should be able to sue, then that way if will give the other person reason not to get involved with a married person and the there would probably be less divorces taking place. More divorces happen due to cheating
2014-09-29 06:09:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately for you, the only states that still allow an estranged spouse to sue for Alienation of Affection are Illinois, North Carolina, Mississippi and Utah.
Has she confronted this other woman?
2006-09-16 02:08:45 · answer #8 · answered by auld mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In her divorce proceedings, she can cite one of the multiple causes as infidelity during the marriage -- and make sure that her attorney calls the mistress to testify during the divorce (if necessary).
2006-09-16 01:42:19 · answer #9 · answered by sglmom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that if she tries to that route then she should sue them both. It takes two to have an affair. If he hasn't ended then he might not. If he goes to divorce then she needs to take them both to bank if she can. She should see a lawyer and see what they say. She has to remember that her husband and the woman are both to blame.
2006-09-16 02:29:52 · answer #10 · answered by sscott12414 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋