Precedent-setting ruling from the Court of Cassation: Insulting a spouse in front of others is considered grounds for divorce

The 2nd Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation has found a woman fully at fault in a divorce case for insulting her husband in the presence of others.

According to the chamber's ruling, a man living in Sakarya filed for divorce, claiming that his wife exhibited groundless jealousy, threatened him, and insulted him while in the company of other people.

The local court hearing the case found the woman fully at fault and granted the divorce, reasoning that "the defendant wife insulted her plaintiff husband in front of others, made various accusations, and these actions took place in the presence of third parties, causing the plaintiff to be placed in a difficult position in the eyes of society."

The woman, whose appeal was rejected by the 2nd Civil Chamber of the Sakarya Regional Court of Justice, then appealed the decision to the Court of Cassation.

Upon reviewing the appeal, the 2nd Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation upheld the local court's decision to grant the divorce by finding the defendant wife fully at fault.

In its justification, the chamber stated that the local court's decision was in accordance with legal rules, procedure, and the law, and noted that the reasons put forward by the defendant wife's attorney in the appeal petition were not of a nature to require the reversal of the decision.

News Source: AA