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Alienation of affections - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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North Carolina is one of about a dozen states that still allow alienation-of-affection lawsuits to be filed. The General Assembly considered banning this type of litigation last April, but in the end, the state House of Representatives decided, in a close vote, to continue allowing them.
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Indeed, some commentators have mentioned that high jury verdicts and the renewed popular interest in lawsuits for alienation of affections and criminal conversation may signal a growing societal disaffection with overly permissive sexual standards and a desire for stricter enforcement of family values.
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The Official Website of the Salisbury Post; Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. ... Alienation of affection is generally defined as a third person engaging in conduct that damages a marriage. Lawmakers also are reviewing the right to sue for criminal conversation, which is the legal term for adultery.
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Article Alienation of affection lawsuits and criminal conversation in Illinois - from the divorce and family law article library at Illinois Divorce. ... Lawsuits for alienation of affections may be brought against the paramour, ... wantonly and maliciously destroyed and alienated the affection of the said [wife];
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A fellow in North Carolina won $150,000 in an alienation of affection lawsuit. The loser was the man who committed adultery with the winner's wife, leading to the breakup of his marriage. (Via Bob Vis.); Naturally all right-thinking people think that this arcane statute ought to go the way of the Middle Ages;
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