About 200 people a year file lawsuits in North Carolina against the man or woman their spouse is having an affair with. Only seven states still have the law, but many lawmakers are reluctant to take ...

The Tar Heel State is one of only a handful that still allow legal action against a spouse's affair partner. Here's how the ...

North Carolina's homewrecker laws take center stage as former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema faces an alienation of affection lawsuit ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missourians can no longer sue a person for stealing their spouse's love, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The case stemmed from a ...

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While the arcane tort of alienation of affection only remains a viable cause of action in seven states, undercover lovers who meet in one of those states -- or participate in romantic interstate ...

An extramarital affair may not only ruin a marriage, it can cost the unfaithful partner's lover big bucks. Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema may find out just how expensive infidelity can be. Sinema was ...

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 ...

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of a handful of states that still allow alienation-of-affection lawsuits, and now some divorce lawyers want the old law repealed.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 ...