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.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina could soon break up with Alienation of Affection, its controversial, centuries-old law allowing a spouse to sue the 'homewrecker' who ruined the marriage. A group of ...

North Carolina is one of a handful of states that still allow alienation-of-affection lawsuits, and now some divorce lawyers want the old law repealed. In 2001, Christine Cooper of Greensboro won $2 ...

In most states, carrying on with somebody’s spouse runs the risk of a knuckle sandwich and a stern tsk tsk. But in North Carolina, philandering with the legally wed carries the additional danger of a ...

In a previous posting on the topic of parental alienation, I noted that alienating parents’ disavowal of responsibility for their children’s rejection of the other parent continues to find support ...

Monday, a Durham County jury awarded a woman the third-highest award in North Carolina history for an alienation of affection case. A civil lawsuit was filed in 2024 by Akira Montague against viral ...

The last thing most parents want is to hurt their children. In fact, when most couples divorce, the most agonizing issue they face is how to minimize damage to their children; they want to know how to ...

Parental alienation generally occurs when a child resists or refuses contact with a parent during and after a divorce (or non-married couple’s separation) when the rejected parent has not been abusive ...