A Mississippi senator from Hattiesburg is accused of breaking up a marriage. The husband, a doctor, is suing him for alienation of affection.

Only six states still recognize alienation of affection as a cause for civil action: Hawaii, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota and Utah, the FindLaw article says.

Most alienation of affection lawsuits, Bonuomo said, are filed after the marriage is over and the litigation over personal and private matters is used as blackmail. She had no further comment.

Veronica Filipowski had sued Melissa Oliver in Forsyth Superior Court under the alienation-of-affection law, alleging that Oliver’s affair with Flip Filipowski ruined their marriage. John ...

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Alienation of affection laws exist in five other states: Hawaii, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Dakota and Utah.

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