Top state court recognizes same-sex adultery as grounds for divorce
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The New Hampshire Supreme Court has overturned a 2003 decision that had defined adultery as voluntary intercourse between members of the opposite sex.
Ruling Thursday in a divorce case, the state supreme court defined adultery as intercourse between a married person and someone other than the married person’s spouse, regardless of sex. Intercourse can include any genital contact, not just vaginal penetration, the court said.
The husband in the case, Robert Blaisdell, had claimed that he was entitled to a divorce on fault-based grounds of adultery because of his wife’s alleged relationship with another woman. Blaisdell’s wife is Molly Blaisdell.
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