What is adultery? For the purposes of getting a divorce in the UK, adultery specifically refers to the following: a married man having sexual intercourse with a woman other than his wife or. a married woman having sexual intercourse with a man other than her husband.

How do you prove adultery UK?

If you want to divorce on the grounds of adultery, you need to be able to prove on the balance of probabilities that your spouse has had consensual sexual intercourse with a person of the opposite sex.