[The Pack Knight]

As the story later points out, the alleged home-wrecking hoochie-mama lives in MD, so she'll probably never pay a dime unless of course she's stupid enough to move to North Carolina.

Actually, I would be surprised if a Maryland court did not enforce it. The exceptions to the Full Faith and Credit Clause are narrow, and a Maryland court is generally bound to enforce a judgment rendered in an NC court.

It would have to be repugnant to Maryland's public policy to enforce the judgment for the Maryland court to properly refuse to enforce it. In all the case law I've ever seen, the mere fact that the enforcing state does not recognize the underlying tort is not in itself enough to make the judgment repugnant to that's state's public policy.

[OldDeckHand]

"Actually, I would be surprised if a Maryland court did not enforce it."

Yes, that's right. When I first read the story, I thought it said that the affair actually happened in Maryland. After reading it again, I don't think it did, but I'm not entirely positive.

Initially, I thought that there's no way a MD Court is going to enforce a NC judgment based on a NC tort law for something that happened in Maryland. Right?

Would they enforce a judgment for a NC tort judgment based on actions on NC? Sure.

Of course, this underscores how archaic these alienation of affection claims really are. How a state can hold responsible a third party for the dissolution of a two-party contract, is truly mystifying.