QUESTION
Do I have any grounds to contest my wife’s divorce petition?
Asked on Aug 23rd, 2014 on Divorce - Pennsylvania
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I just received a petition for divorce on 8/22/2014 by certified mail. That same night my wife spent the following 2 nights out somewhere? The wife of a close friend told me the next day her husband also spent that same night out. I confronted my wife and she admitted to being with him by a phone call which I have the voice mail and text message. She also stated that her lawyer told her it was fine because we a now legally separated. My intentions were to contest the divorce and seek marriage counseling to repair our marriage. I now wish counter sue her for infidelity.
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PA is a no fault divorce state so she needs no reason to file nor is infidelity a cause for divorce. If she was unfaithful at any point from the date of marriage to the date of separation, you can raise that as a defense to alimony.
Answered on Aug 25th, 2014 at 4:39 PM
William R. Pelger, Attorney Munhall, Pennsylvania 412-461-1900