Oftentimes, when people come into our office one spouse is cheating, and the person is very upset, understandably so, and they say. "well, my spouse I cheating, so I want more money. I want to take my spouse to the cleaners." I then give them the unfortunate news that, in most cases, adultery doesn't matter legally. It does not affect the economics or the division of the property. But, there are very limited exceptions. If, on the rare occasion where somebody's cheating and they have put up their secret girlfriend/boyfriend in an apartment, and they bought him/her a car, and they gave him/her a credit card, if it affects the economics of the marriage, then yes, adultery can affect the division of the property of the division of the money. But those instances are very, very rare. Normally, 9 out of 10, adultery does not matter to the court. That's not to diminish the pain and the devastation that adultery causes, but as far as your divorce goes, adultery really doesn't matter.