Courts won’t punish or reward either side based on moral fault like affairs

Evidence

Infidelity and Divorce in California: What It Really Means for Your Case (Fenchel Family Law)

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
  • XREF: connects to: Legal experts conclude courts do not reliably punish evident cheating — Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, 3127; In no-fault divorce systems, courts don’t punish infidelity in asset division or alimony — Does Cheating Matter in a Divorce?; Legal systems rest on customary social rules rather than moral foundations — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 56 (+3 more)

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