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 ...

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 ...

PIERRE, S.D. — Under the tenets of ancient English common law, when wives were legally considered the property of their husbands, a jilted husband could sue any man who deliberately broke up his ...

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, North Carolina — When you say, "I Do," you don't promise to sue. Yet, it's a reality for couples whose marriages aren't happily ever after...and who happen to live in North Carolina. There ...

Influencer Brenay Kennard faces lawsuit alleging alienation of affection in NC. North Carolina remains one of few states with alienation of affection laws. Plaintiffs must prove marital love existed ...

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 ...

In most states, the biggest risk for hanky-panky with someone’s spouse is a sock on the jaw and society’s disapproving eye. But North Carolina, along with five other states nationwide, still has laws ...

MINNEAPOLIS — It's Valentines Day and when we fall in love, we never think about what will happen when we fall out of it. When everything goes wrong in a relationship, you want to find someone to ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. The recent arrest of a North Carolina-based influencer accused of cyberstalking has brought a separate lawsuit against her back into ...

Under the tenets of ancient English common law, when wives were legally considered the property of their husbands, a jilted husband could sue any man who deliberately broke up his marriage and stole ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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