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Did you just find out that your best friends for years have filed for divorce since one of them was caught cheating? Did your brother just file for a divorce because of the extra-marital affair of his wife whom you believed was very much in love with him? Now that cheating is on the rise, how can you identify the signs of cheating?

It can really come as a surprise if one of the couples that you have idolized all these past years are filing for divorce because of the discovery of an extra-marital affair. Why is it that some blissful marriages still end in divorce? How can a devoted husband or wife even think of loving someone else?

First, you have to know that a person succumbs to cheating because of many different reasons. It may be unmet needs, lack of respect for the partner, insecurity, and many more. Therefore, if you feel that any of these reasons is in your marriage right now, make the necessary adjustments so that it will not get out of hand.

If you feel that you have been so preoccupied with work all these months, take a breather and spend it with your spouse. Better yet, always set aside a day in the week that will only be for your spouse. You can just eat dinner at your backyard and start reminiscing and making plans for the future. It does not have to be luxurious as long as your message of love and affection comes across.

On the other hand, if none of the reasons for cheating is in your marriage right now but you still feel that something is wrong, look for the signs of cheating. Just remember that some signs can be too vague that you may not notice them at all. Or some people are just too good in hiding their affair that you cannot find any evidence. Some women or men hire a private investigator just to be sure since they cannot really follow their spouse around all the time.

Nevertheless, you may still find one or two signs that tell you that your spouse is involved with somebody else. If you love watching movies, you may have surely seen these signs of cheating like lack of intimacy, always on overtime at work, whispering on the phone, odor of an unfamiliar perfume, lipstick marks, and others.

Indeed, some men are not too discrete that they come home with a lipstick mark on their polo or handkerchief. Or the smell of a new perfume can be rubbed onto your spouse’s clothes.

Some spouses also look at the personal stuff of their spouse like wallets or purse. Sometimes, spouses are able to get receipts of jewelry or hotel rooms inside the wallet. If you were not with him or her in the hotel room, who could it be? If he or she did not give you the ring, for whom did he or she buy it for?

There are really a lot of different signs of cheating that will help you find out if your spouse is involved with someone else.

Pennsylvania Divorce Laws

Every state has its own set of divorce laws that are unique in its own locality. Although some core principles remain the same, there are also several elements that are distinct to a particular state. In this article, you will find an overview of Pennsylvania divorce laws:

Definitions

First, we start with a few definitions. These might seem like legal jargon for some people, but it helps if you learn what these words mean in order to clarify some unique characteristics of Pennsylvania divorce laws, process and paper work that you file in court.

* Plaintiff – The spouse who initiated the divorce by filing the required paper work with the court; filing party title
* Defendant – The spouse who did not initiate the divorce; non-filing party title
* Court Name – The proper name of the court in which a divorce is filed in the State of Pennsylvania. Each jurisdictional court typically has a domestic relations or a family law department or division.

Court of Common Pleas, __________ County, Pennsylvania

* Child Support Enforcement Website – The state-run office devoted to enforcing existing child support orders and collecting any past due child support: www.PAChildsupport.com

Residency Requirements

These are paper works required by Pennsylvania divorce laws in order for the court to acquire jurisdiction over your case and be authorized to give a divorce decree after due hearing.

Residency requirements set by Pennsylvania divorce laws are only typically a concern for a spouse who has recently moved or is planning to move in the near future.

At State level, the only requirement is that either spouse must be a resident of the State of Pennsylvania for at least six months immediately prior to the filing of the divorce case. For a divorce or annulment proceeding to be brought in the county, the requirements can be any of the following:

* The defendant is a resident of the county where the divorce was filed;
* If the defendant resides outside the Commonwealth, the divorce may be filed where the plaintiff resides;
* The matrimonial domicile is the county where the divorce was filed, provided that the plaintiff has continuously resided in said county;
* Prior to six months after the date of final separation and with agreement of the defendant, where the plaintiff resides or, if neither party continues to reside in the county of matrimonial domicile, where either party resides;
* Six months after the date of final separation, where either party resides.

Grounds for Divorce

To initiate a divorce proceeding, a Complaint for Divorce will have to be filed with the Pennsylvania court. In this document, the complainant (plaintiff) will request the court to terminate the marriage based on certain ground as specified by Pennsylvania divorce laws.