Ridiculous. The wife had a contract with the husband, not the other guy. I watch enough Judge Judy to know this.
I think they should alow spouses to sue each other over affairs. Maybe if people knew there was a way to get back at them for cheatign on them, they wouldn't resort to violenece or using the children as pawns.
You thought ambulance chasers were bad .... another avenue for lawyers to make more money. no thanks. How about courts favor the spouse that was doing the right thing.
Good for him. 3/4 million bucks would help heal the wounds from going 9 months and thinking the baby is yours only to find out it isn't.
Well . .she did marry the guy so her debts become his debts . .. right something like that Rocket River
About a half dozen US states have similar "alienation of affection" laws on the book. is Texas one of the 6?
Always wondered what 'cuckolded' meant. The allusion to the cuckoo on which the word cuckold is based may not be appreciated by those unfamiliar with the nesting habits of certain varieties of this bird. The female of some Old World cuckoos lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, leaving them to be cared for by the resident nesters. This parasitic tendency has given the female bird a figurative reputation for unfaithfulness as well. Hence in Old French we find the word cucuault, composed of cocu, "cuckoo, cuckold," and the pejorative suffix -ald and used to designate a husband whose wife has wandered afield like the female cuckoo. An earlier assumed form of the Old French word was borrowed into Middle English by way of Anglo-Norman. Middle English cokewold, the ancestor of Modern English cuckold, is first recorded in a work written around 1250.
Yeah, I want to know this list of states. Not that I ever expect to be in such a situation, but I'm just saying, it's some nice trivia knowledge!
Actually I said it wrong. The husband had a contract with the wife, not the businessman. He needs to sue her. She is the one to blame.
But RR is saying is that since she married the businessman, don't her debts become his as well? So even if the judge made her pay up, doesn't the business man have legal and financial responsibilities to that as well?
I believe only if it is a community property state (which Idaho is) and the debt necessary to the marriage (whatever that means). The article states about six states have the "alienation of affection" law. That law is lame. It blames others for the spouse's actions, the spouse is the one involved in a social contract. Woo my ass. It's the same as "the devil made me do it."
You might want to talk to TEXACO about this. Pennzoil and Getty Oil had a contract that TEXACO interfered with. Pennzoil got something like 9 billion dollars out of it, and it didn't come from Getty Oil.
