Both men and women are married. Is cheating a crime in law?

Both men and women are married. Cheating is not a crime, but it is not protected by law, but there are moral problems. Cheating means that you have established a love relationship or a marriage relationship, and still maintain a close relationship with a third party. It also refers to secretly falling in love with people or having a relationship with men and women. Cheating in marriage means that both husband and wife or one of them seek a third party outside marriage to satisfy their sexual desire and emotional needs, in other words, extramarital affairs. Infidelity in marriage can be divided into adultery, cohabitation and bigamy. According to the relevant laws and regulations of our country, if one spouse cheats in marriage, the innocent party can claim more property. If marital infidelity constitutes bigamy, it should also bear criminal responsibility. In case of divorce under any of the following circumstances, the innocent party has the right to claim damages:

1, bigamy;

2. Spouses cohabit with others;

3, the implementation of domestic violence;

4. Abuse or abandonment of family members.

legal ground

Article 257 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) is the crime of violent interference with freedom of marriage. Whoever interferes with the freedom of marriage of others by violence shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or criminal detention. Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph and causes death shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than two years but not more than seven years. The first crime will only be dealt with if it is told. Article 258 crime of bigamy. Whoever commits bigamy while having a spouse, or marries someone knowing that they have a spouse, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or criminal detention. Article 259 Crime of destroying military marriage. Whoever knowingly lives with or marries the spouse of an active serviceman shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention. Whoever rapes a soldier's wife by taking advantage of his power shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 236 of this Law. Article 105 1 of the General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) is invalid in any of the following circumstances:

(1) Bigamy;

(2) Having a family relationship that prohibits marriage;

(three) did not reach the legal age for marriage. Article 1054 An invalid or revoked marriage is not legally binding from the beginning, and the parties do not have the rights and obligations of husband and wife. Property acquired during cohabitation shall be handled by the parties through agreement; If the agreement fails, the people's court shall make a judgment according to the principle of taking care of the innocent party. The property disposal of invalid marriage caused by bigamy shall not infringe upon the property rights and interests of the parties to legal marriage. The provisions of this law concerning parents and children shall apply to the children born to the parties concerned.

If the marriage is invalid or revoked, the innocent party has the right to claim damages.