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 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.

GRAHAM — Marriage is complicated in America: a sacred institution and a bond entered into with little more than two signatures, and a ceremony sometimes broken in a matter of months in what is almost ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

GREENVILLE, N.C -- A North Carolina man says his divorce was almost unbearable, but an unusual legal claim just landed him a $750,000 judgment. According to court documents, Kevin Howard recently won ...

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 ...

Moving to the south after a long career in the north has required some adjustment to regional variation in divorce law. For the most part there is little difference between the divorce law of New ...

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 ...

GREENVILLE, North Carolina -- A North Carolina man says his divorce was almost unbearable, but an unusual legal claim just landed him a $750,000 judgment. According to court documents, Kevin Howard ...