Cheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New York

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill repealing the state's 117-year-old adultery law on Friday.

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You used to have to prove adultery in order to get a divorce in New York state.

Family story time! My great-grandparents wanted to get divorced and were in New York, so my grandfather lay in a bed next to his mother-in-law under the covers and my grandmother took a photo to present to the courts. My great-grandmother apparently never even took off her coat.
- That's hilarious and somehow wholesome that everyone pitched in to get the separation

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