Can SMS be used as evidence of cheating?

Legal analysis: it can be used as evidence. Meet the following conditions, the court still has the basis to use SMS as valid evidence. First, ensure that mobile phone short messages are not deleted and kept in the storage space or memory card of the mobile phone; Second, fix the content of mobile phone short messages, and you can ask the personnel of the notary office to notarize them, extract them into words and notarize them, which has a strong proof function.

Legal basis: Article 1079 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC), if one of the spouses requests a divorce, the relevant organization can mediate or directly file a divorce lawsuit with the people's court. When trying divorce cases, the people's court shall conduct mediation; If the relationship has indeed broken down and mediation is ineffective, divorce should be granted. In any of the following circumstances, if mediation fails, divorce shall be granted:

(a) bigamy or cohabitation with others;

(2) committing domestic violence or abusing or abandoning family members;

(three) gambling, drug abuse and other bad habits;

(four) separated for two years due to emotional discord;

(5) Other circumstances that lead to the breakdown of the marriage relationship.