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alienation of affection
Some states allow people to sue for alienation of affection for various offenses. Other states let the victims suffer and the perpetrators prosper.
Court Rulings: Mississippi Man to Pay for Destroying Marriage
Posted on Fri, Aug. 08, 2003 Miss.
Man to Pay for Destroying Marriage
Associated Press WEST POINT, Miss. -
Another man stole his wife's heart, so Albert Edwin Holcombe Jr. sued. A jury says his broken heart is worth $175,000. Harry Stevens was ordered by a jury to pay $175,000 for breaking up a marriage. Holcombe claimed Stevens had an affair with and destroyed his marriage to his now ex-wife, Andrea Holcombe.
(ABC News) Wife Sues Mistress in Landmark Revenge Court Case
Here is a story on ABC News about a wife who sued her late husband's mistress.