Qualifying as an innocent spouse is no simple matter.

He would have a free hand, then, free to be radical, without the anchor of concern for innocent spouses and children.

The prize for the innocent spouse lay in benefits such as child custody and financial support.

And all this applies to innocent spouses and children, too.

Divorce was granted only because one party to the marriage had violated a sacred vow to the "innocent spouse."

He cited new protections for "innocent spouses" as a prime example.

Such revisions would constitute a second significant attempt to ease the burden of innocent spouses.

The sullen husband, the flighty wife, is no longer there to plague the innocent spouse.

In some cases it may allow an innocent spouse who jointly owns a vehicle to keep the car.

One more thing: for every innocent spouse there has to be a guilty spouse.