They say that sometimes husbands get upset.

[Tin Cup Cowboy]

And sometimes, those husbands take matters to court.

 

[tatedog]

I had no idea until now that this was a thing.

 

[ababyatemydingo]

And sometimes, those husbands take matters to court.

Have a friend who got a nice judgement in his favor for this. He gets a pretty nice check every month. I bet that dude cusses every month he write it, asking himself if the P was worth it

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Only in about 5 or 6 states

Miss. included.

 

[LawDawg97]

Funny story

Had a law partner file an alienation of affections case for his friend. He warned his client about these cases because they allow the defendant to dig up dirt on the plaintiff in discovery to show he or she may not have been a saint either. In this case the guy wanted to do it mainly because his wife had been blaming their divorce on him and dragging his name through the mud on social media (she was awful, one of these 5 selfies on facebook a day "look at me" types).

So after a short trial where the jury got to hear plenty on the horrible traits of the cheating wife, the jury foreman stands up and says your honor, we find for the plaintiff. However, we award no damages because we find that the ex-wife's affections have no value and the defendant has done him a great favor by taking her away.

My partner said his client was thrilled with the verdict and the look of pissed-off on his ex's face when she had to hear that was all he needed.

 

[Shmuley]

uh oh. Are you predicting that Beaver is fixing to be defending himself against an alienation of affections lawsuit?

 

[goindhoo]

Edit

 

[GloryDawg]

If the wife really want out all the husband has to do is not agree to terms and eventually she will give what he wants.

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

And sometimes, those husbands take matters to court.

Didnt Andy Kennedy's wife sue for this? The cab driver.. right? Because ole Andy was so torn up about the international incident?

 

[Shmuley]

That was loss of consortium. Different claim. This is a post-divorce/marital dissolution/separation claim made by an aggrieved former spouse against a person who is claimed to have been the cause thereof. In essence the claim says "you broke up my marriage and I want you to pay me damages." There are a number of defenses, among them that the marriage sucked before the no-no hanky panky ever started.

 

[johnson86-1]

I had no idea until now that this was a thing.

Not a lot of people, especially guys, want to advertise that their spouse cheated on them. Just humiliates them further so there either has to be a pot of money at the other end or the scorned spouse has to care more about punishing the ex and his/her lover than any fallout from airing their own dirty laundry.

How much money would you need to publicly admit that that buck toothed hillbilly was able to steal your wife?