Alienation of affection is actually a carryover from British common law. It dates back to when men bascially owned their wives like a piece of property. Since 1989, lawyers in North Carolina have been ...

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 ...

Despite criticism that alienation of affection laws punish individuals for the voluntary choices of others, there are still six states in which they remain. These include North Carolina, where Kennard ...

NFL star Steve Smith Sr. is facing an alienation of affection lawsuit following allegations he had an affair with a married man’s wife. What does that mean? North Carolina is one of the few states ...

A Durham County jury just handed down one of the highest awards ever in North Carolina for an alienation of affection case. The civil suit, filed last year (2024) by Akira Montague, was against viral ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- The North Carolina woman whose marriage ended after her husband had an affair with a popular TikTok star opened up for the first time in an exclusive interview. Akira Montague was ...

Content creator Brenay Kennard is representing herself in an alienation of affection lawsuit filed by her husband's ex-wife, Akira Montague. Akira initially filed the case with the Durham County ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Former Carolina Panthers football player Steve Smith Sr. is facing an alienation of affection lawsuit after allegations of an affair with a man's wife, our newsgathering ...