[Dean's World] Trudy W. Schuett: A Multimillionaire and a New Marital Tort

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Posted by Trudy W. Schuett:
A Multimillionaire and a New Marital Tort
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1194610684.shtml


   IANAL, but it seems that if successful, this suit could have sweeping
   consequences. Divorces where there are children have been such a mess
   for so long, it seems like the system itself is causing a lot of the
   problems. Who knows? This guy could be onto something...

     In a suit that could create a new marital tort in New Jersey, a
     noncustodial father is suing his children's mother for alienation
     of their affection for him, which he says should allow him recovery
     of psychological damages.

     There is no legal precedent in New Jersey for an
     alienation-of-affection suit by one parent against the other, but
     New Jersey has allowed other interspousal tort actions, such as for
     physical abuse, and plaintiff's lawyer Steven Resnick says the
     facts of his case warrant such treatment.

   Much, much more at [1]Law.com

References

   1. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1194257035138