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Woman Awarded $2 Million from Husband's Mistress
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Posted on 11/16/2001 1:09:32 PM PST by chance33_98

A North Carolina woman is $2 million richer after winning a lawsuit against her husband's mistress.

She sued under the state's alien of affection law.

The woman testified that the other woman infiltrated her family and demanded retribution.

The judge agreed.

"Well, of course I think it takes two to tango," said Christine Cooper, the sued husband's girlfriend.

Some legal experts have questioned the constitutionality of the law, calling it an opportunity to get revenge on a spouse.

The ruling is the most money ever awarded under the law.

News 2 at 4:30
11.13.01


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To: xzins
Alienation of affect SHOULD be a law in every state.
As the wife said, the other woman infiltrated an intact unit with full realization that she would cause irreparable damage.

And I would argue any "unit" that can be infiltrated in this way isn't so intact as it might seem. Of course she may have been wearing camouflage and sporting night goggles...

41 posted on 11/16/2001 1:13:40 PM PST by Leroy S. Mort
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To: Constitution Day
LOL! I'd have to agree with your wife.... and, after careful consideration, I don't think I would share my husband with any woman either! (Of course I was just kidding about that anyway...)
42 posted on 11/16/2001 1:13:57 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: rodeocowboy
So what you are saying is that once you do all the wining and dining and get the person to marry you, all the effort you need to put towards the relationship is over? "Sorry baby, you signed the dotted line, I did all I needed to do, now get out of the way, football is on. If you want to leave, I get everything." People leave for a reason, to bind somebody in a miserable situation is worse than heartless. People do change over time. Why would you penalize the ones that actually have the courage to try and make their lives better?
43 posted on 11/16/2001 1:14:01 PM PST by Hard Case
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To: Leroy S. Mort
isn't so intact as it might seem.

And in a store that has surveillance equipment and a security staff, then we should let shoplifters go free because they beat the system. After all, "it wasn't so intact as it might seem."

This is no different than shoplifting and should be a civil suit with damages awardable. In fact, this judge agreed with me.

45 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:22 PM PST by xzins
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To: Phantom Lord
sue their spouse for NOT having sex

There is no comparison between the two. In one case, a husband and wife negotiate the times and frequencies of sex. That is a legitimate part of marriage.

In the other, someone has stolen what isn't theirs. It is not different than shoplifting.

46 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:22 PM PST by xzins
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To: razorback-bert
Your sheep may need a lawyer.
47 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:22 PM PST by ofMagog
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To: chance33_98
No problem with adultry. Whats a little sex between adults? No big deal the bible is just an old book
48 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:23 PM PST by Khepera
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To: xzins
This is no different than shoplifting and should be a civil suit with damages awardable. In fact, this judge agreed with me.

Interesting that you assign no responsibility to the errant husband in this case. I guess "men are weak"?

49 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:32 PM PST by Leroy S. Mort
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To: xzins
What if the spouse who is cheating is still having sex with his or her spouse? Then it seems nothing was stolen since the spouse is still getting it.

And I can assure you, no spouse in America readily agrees to NOT have sex any more. And I wasnt talking about only getting it a couple times a year, im talking about spouses who refuse to have sex ever. And trust me, it happens far more than you would ever guess.

50 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:32 PM PST by Phantom Lord
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To: chance33_98
Ping for wives everywhere!
51 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:32 PM PST by joathome
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To: one_particular_harbour
You know, a number of men who commit adultery do so because of the lure of the forbidden, not because their wives aren't having sex with them. I've had the opportunity to work (in a Christian setting), with couples who are trying to put their marriages back together after adultery, and, frankly, you might be surprised that some husbands were having trouble keeping up with both. :( What's that phrase? Compartmentalization? Wifey and girlfriend just meet different needs. :(
52 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:33 PM PST by joathome
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To: Leroy S. Mort
Considering how well some men can compartmentalize their lives, the unit at home might be doing a lot better than you think. Some men have trouble resisting the lure of the forbidden, but have no intentions of leaving their wives. As a woman, that's very hard for me to conceptualize, but if you'd take a poll of the guys on this board who committed adultery, I'd bet you'd find a number who would admit that they love their wives.

No wife should have to put up with that, however.

53 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:33 PM PST by joathome
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To: Leroy S. Mort
Come on, dude, you didn't even read my original post all the way through. Go up now and read the last line. It says something like, "the guy shouldn't be the only stuckee with alimony and child support....etc., etc.,"

Now, how bout them Americans? Kickin' taliwhackus keester in regurgistan, aren't they!!?? Figured I'd bring up something we agree on 'cause you seem like a decent person...I AGREE with your point about the guy being an integral part and he shouldn't be the only one who has to pay for screwing his wife and kids out of their economic security.

54 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:34 PM PST by xzins
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To: rodeocowboy
I 100% agree with you. A contract with no enforcement, and no penalty for breaking it is just about worthless.
55 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:34 PM PST by joathome
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Careful consideration?

Personally, I don't need to consider whether I would share my wife with anyone else!! :)

Also, anybody who tries to mess with my wife will have lots of time to consider things from a hospital bed!

56 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:34 PM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Imperial Warrior
IW,

I can always count on you to get right to the root of the matter! LOL

I agree with you, too... let's start calling them what they are.
So many people are worried about hurting others' precious little feelings. It's sickening.

57 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:34 PM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Phantom Lord
And trust me, it happens far more than you would ever guess.

You are exactly right. And I'm a trained marriage and family therapist, so I've got thousands of counseling hours that agree with you. I'm amazed at the numbers who come in who've cut each other off over some silly pis_in' contest between the two of them.

But you miss my point. I wasn't talking about payback because of missed sex....I was talking about payback for FINANCIAL DISRUPTION. In alienating affection, the infiltrator usually causes a wife and kids to enter into poverty. There's a financial poverty that's a real danger BUT there's also a poverty of parental presence and child-rearing help that leads to children of divorce being more likely to live in poverty, have lower educational achievement, be more likely to become drug/alcohol abusers, be more like to engage in or be injured by physical/sexual/emotional abuse, and be more likely to have their marriages break up in divorce years after the fact.

With all of this baggage that these two are causing in the lives of this wife and kids, then NOT JUST the cheating husband should be required to pay. The cheating mistress should also be held accountable for disrupting the lives of others.

58 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:34 PM PST by xzins
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
I'm sure this will get the attention of the trial lawyers.

Which is why it and other idiot laws never get repealed. The vast majority of politicians are lawyers,and they are in the business of creating more laws to provide full-employment for themselves and their friends.

59 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:35 PM PST by sneakypete
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To: xzins
In alienating affection, the infiltrator usually causes a wife and kids to enter into poverty.

I'd be interested in knowing how many husbands have been awarded $2 million from male "infiltrators". Any stats?

60 posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:44 PM PST by Leroy S. Mort
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