OW found liable for couple's counseling costs!

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I live in a state that still has alienation-of-affection laws on the books, but they're pretty worthless. Just a few years ago, a judge in my county ruled that a man was due more than $1 million from his W's affair partner. The thing is: The LBS will never actually see that kind of money, but the ruling will likely put a thorn in OM's side for the rest of his life.

The reason it has been abolished in so many states, from what I understand, is because it's actually a law from a longgggg time ago when women were viewed as their H's property. (So if a man had an A with another man's W, and she left the M because of it, the OM essentially stole the man's property.)

I am not the biggest fan of alienation-of-affection, but I won't lie and say I didn't mention it, along with the news article about the recent +$1 million court ruling, to spook XOW. (It worked.) But I DO think it's sad that most all states are no-fault states and don't really punish betraying spouses who end their M as a result of an A. I think there should be some real consequences for that - it might help people think twice before cheating.

I know a girl who left her M because she began an A with another man. She still gets one-half of her H's 401K, pension, etc. That is atrocious.