First thought I had, getting back together so they can’t testify against each other.
She can’t REALLY love this man who has humiliated her in the public eye, can she?
Think Hill and Bill are their marriage role models. LOL
They can testify against each other. They cannot be forced to testify against each other if married.
someone said on one of the threads that even if they divorced, she wouldn’t have to testify against him as it occurred when they were married. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but did find:
“2) Communications privilege: in both criminal and civil cases, communications between spouses during the marriage are privileged. This applies to both words and acts intended to be a private communication. The burden is on the opposing party to prove otherwise.
The marital privilege no longer exists when the spouses are the parties in an action against each other, such as in a divorce proceeding.”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/marital_privilege
And this:
“The communications privilege begins on marriage, and cannot be invoked to protect confidential communications between now-married spouses that occurred prior to their marriage.Unlike testimonial privilege, the communications privilege survives the end of a marriage, and may be asserted by a spouse to protect confidential communications that were made during the marriage—even after divorce or death.”
—snip
“The witness-spouse may invoke testimonial privilege regarding events which occurred (1) during the marriage, if the spouses are still married; and (2) prior to the marriage if he is married to his spouse in court proceedings at the time of trial. If, by the time the trial occurs, the spouses are no longer married, the former spouse-witness may testify freely about any events which occurred prior to, after, or even during the marriage. Spousal testimonial privilege, in other words, only lasts as long as the marriage does.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spousal_privilege
My first thought also Spousal immunity
LG, I just posted the same thing!
I knew I should have caught up before commenting LOL
LG, I just posted the same thing!
I knew I should have caught up before commenting LOL