'A lot of people, quite frankly, think it is antiquated,' one lawyer said. After a North Carolina man was awarded a $750,000 judgment against his ex-wife’s lover, the “alienation of affections” law is ...

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.

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 ...

Mississippi state Sen. Chris Johnson is being sued for alienation of affection by Dr. David Roy, who claims Johnson had an affair with his wife. Johnson denies the allegations, and two judges have ...

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 ...