GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina could soon break up with Alienation of Affection, its controversial, centuries-old law allowing a spouse to sue the 'homewrecker' who ruined the marriage. A group of ...

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.

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a handful of states that still allow alienation-of-affection lawsuits, and now some divorce lawyers want the old law repealed.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

Monday, a Durham County jury awarded a woman the third-highest award in North Carolina history for an alienation of affection case. A civil lawsuit was filed in 2024 by Akira Montague against viral ...

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 ...