A spurned spouse in Mississippi was recently awarded $750,000 under the theory that a rich business man committed alienation of affection by luring the wife into an affair with him. Mississippi is only one of 7 states that still recognize the theory whereby people claim someone stole their wife or husband. The claim is rooted in the antiquated notion that a woman is her husband's property.
Most states, including Iowa, have abolished alienation of affection as a basis for lawsuits.
While there was no mention whether the wife divorced the husband, the article did state that the wife "chose" the rich paramour over her plumber husband. Good thing the paramour, who is worth $22 million, has money. He has a hefty judgment to pay. And pay for his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. For the entire article see http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iFkg05PN361reUpYAF9hGHIWeiXw
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Jennifer Jaskolka-Brown, an Iowa attorney located at 6601 Westown Parkway, Suite 200, West Des Moines, Iowa, (515) 247-4705, practices in general civil litigation with an emphasis in Iowa Family Law issues. She provides guidance in family law matters from divorce, paternity, disestablishment of paternity to adoption,and guardianships. She also provides representation in a wide-variety of civil litigation issues.
