Heard it in a love song: The repeal of South Dakota’s "alienation of affection" law is overdue. Marriage, of course, is a legal contract. It involves kids and properties — things hard to divide. Love ...

This used to be possible under the old "alienation of affections" tort, but all but a handful of states have abolished it, and the tortious inducement of breach of contract tort can't fill that gap.

Scott Lassiter named House Speaker Tim Moore in an alienation-of-affection lawsuit in June. Now Lassiter, a former Apex Town Council member, is running for a seat in the state legislature. Wake County ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A North Carolina man says his divorce was ...

Kevin Howard sued his wife's lover for "alienation of affections" after hiring a private investigator who allegedly uncovered they were having an affair Kevin Howard was devastated when his wife of 12 ...

Americans had inherited from the English the four civil law actions — Criminal Conversation, Alienation of Affections, Breach of Promise to Marriage, and Seduction — that policed marriage, sex and ...

A North Carolina man recently won a $750,000 lawsuit against the man who had an affair with his ex-wife, CNN reported. Kevin Howard, who said his divorce was "the hardest thing I've ever had to face," ...

Advocates of the term "parental alienation" say it refers to an idea that if children exhibit certain behaviors or symptoms, those characteristics should somehow not be considered signs that the child ...