Adultery Investigation

If your husband or wife begins keeping their phone on them all the time or sneaks out at night, could they be having an affair? When you suspect or discover your partner’s infidelity, it can feel like a thunderbolt has struck, leaving you unsure of what to do. What should you do when your husband or wife is unfaithful? This article will introduce the definition of adultery and tell you how an investigation agency can assist when your partner is unfaithful.

What is Adultery? Does Emotional Infidelity Count as Adultery?

Adultery can be defined in two ways: “emotional infidelity” and “physical infidelity.” When a married person goes to a hotel to meet a prostitute, visits an entertainment venue, or arranges casual sex online, it is considered physical infidelity. This is often to fulfill physiological needs or out of curiosity, and if it does not develop into emotional infidelity, it may be easier to salvage the relationship and won’t have as significant an impact on the family. However, emotional infidelity is likely to lead to physical infidelity and even if the affair is discovered and exposed, the cheating partner may still maintain a connection with the affair partner, and even blame their spouse.

Currently, Taiwan’s legal system uses “whether physical relations occurred” as the standard to determine adultery. The law only punishes physical adultery, such as the previously decriminalized “adultery offense” and “spousal rights infringement” in the Civil Code. If there is only emotional infidelity and no physical relationship, it is not considered adultery in legal terms.

How Does Adultery Begin?

In every society, an affair is often viewed as a betrayal, so most people develop a defense mechanism to rationalize their actions, making the betrayal seem less intentional. This defense mechanism usually follows four steps: “testing the waters, ambiguity, emotional infidelity, and physical infidelity.” Initially, the person committing the infidelity may tell themselves, “This is just normal social interaction between colleagues (or friends), there’s nothing wrong with it.” This leads to more intimate interactions, gradually leading to emotional infidelity, and eventually physical infidelity that becomes difficult to stop.

How to End an Affair? Understanding the 3 Reasons Why Affairs End

People often justify their immoral relationships with many reasons in their minds, automatically rationalizing the affair. As a result, once an affair begins, it becomes difficult to end, much like breaking a drug addiction. So how can an affair end? There are three main reasons why affairs end:

The Affair Partner’s Decline
For example, if a woman is involved with a husband for money, revealing that she doesn’t truly love him but loves his wealth can make the husband realize that the affair partner is not as desirable as imagined, leading to the end of the affair.
External Factors
External factors can include geographical reasons or future plans, and the separation is not necessarily intentional. Common external factors include job relocations, assignments to different cities, or the affair being exposed to others, prompting the couple to break up or end the affair due to family or workplace concerns.
Spouse’s Firm Opposition
When the legal spouse takes a firm stand and tells the partner they must choose between the affair and the family, or face divorce, property division, and custody issues, most of the time, considering social perceptions and the children’s situation, the unfaithful spouse will choose to return to the family. This is the most common situation in which affairs end.

What Should You Do if Your Partner Is Unfaithful? What Assistance Can Investigation Agencies Provide?

If your partner has committed adultery, it is advised to remain calm and not overreact emotionally. You need to think carefully about how to handle your marriage: Do you want to continue, or do you want a divorce? Should you confront your partner? What should you do after confronting them? If you cannot resolve the issue on your own, seeking professional advice is recommended. Here is an introduction to the services that an investigation agency can provide:

Investigation Agency’s Adultery Evidence Collection Service

Cases involving adultery are among the most common cases encountered by major investigation agencies. If you are certain that you no longer want to continue the marriage or want to punish the unfaithful partner, you can hire an investigation agency to collect evidence of the adultery. Before the decriminalization of adultery, one would need to catch the partner in the act, but now it is sufficient to provide evidence of an improper relationship to file a civil lawsuit. The evidence you have will significantly influence the court’s judgment, so make sure to gather sufficient evidence before filing a lawsuit.

(Extended reading: Yitong Investigation Agency | Adultery Evidence Collection Service)

Investigation Agency’s Marriage Counseling Service

If you want to preserve your relationship and marriage, it is recommended to both use strategies to separate your partner from the affair partner and to address the issues within the marriage. Investigation agencies also offer marriage counseling services to help you find ways to save your marriage, communicate effectively with your spouse, address the causes of infidelity, and regain your previous charm.

(Extended reading: Marriage Counseling Service – Don’t Stay Silent and Let Marriage Problems Escalate)