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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 a judgment against ...

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 ...

The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Jillian Melchior and Dan Henninger. Image: Sergei Ilintsky/Getty Images On Valentine’s Day people eagerly spend money to express love. But the ...