New York Repeals Old Cheating Law

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adultery laws

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Cheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New York, with the repeal of a little-known 1907 law

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Adultery bans are actually law in several states and were enacted to make it harder to get a divorce.

New York defined adultery as when a person "engages in sexual intercourse with another person at a time when he has a living spouse" The state's law appears to have last been used in 2010 , against a woman who was caught engaging in a sex act.

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