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Term Definition Co-Respondent - in divorce actions, the person, a third-party co-defendant, with whom it is alleged the respondent has committed adultery.
Application in Divorce Today, very few divorces name third-party defendants. Most lawyers argue against naming a co-respondent because his or her litigation, which is very difficult, even more difficult.

The typical divorce case in which there is a third spouse committed adultery with would be named in the case as a co-respondent.

See also Alienation of Affection, Heart Balm Laws.