How can I find out if my state has a law against interfering with relationships?

Well, that suit would have been in civil court, not criminal. If you want to go by what people sue over, it would be illegal to serve hot coffeeHow can I find out if my state has a law against interfering with relationships?
There are still some states that have these outmoded laws. They were designed to protect people in a marriage. I think those states are New Hampshire, North Carolina, Hawaii, Mississippi, Illinois, South Dakota, and Utah.





At common law, alienation of affections is a tort action brought by a deserted spouse against a third party alleged to be responsible for the failure of the marriage. The defendant in an alienation of affections suit is typically an adulterous spouse's lover, although family members, counselors, or clergy members who have advised a spouse to seek divorce have also been sued for alienation of affections.





An action for alienation of affection does not require proof of extramarital sex. An alienation claim is difficult to establish because it comprises several elements and there are several defenses. To succeed on an alienation claim, the plaintiff has to show that (1) the marriage entailed love between the spouses in some degree; (2) the spousal love was alienated and destroyed; and (3) defendant鈥檚 malicious conduct contributed to or caused the loss of affection. It is not necessary to show that the defendant set out to destroy the marital relationship, but only that he or she intentionally engaged in acts which would foreseeably impact on the marriage. Thus, defendant has a defense against an alienation claim where it can be shown that defendant did not know that the object of his or her affections was in fact married. It is not a defense that the non-innocent spouse consented to defendant鈥檚 conduct. But it might be a defense that the defendant was not the active and aggressive seducer. If defendant鈥檚 conduct was somehow inadvertent, the plaintiff would be unable to show intentional or malicious action. But prior marital problems do not establish a defense unless such unhappiness had reached a level of negating love between the spouses.





The Illinois statute can be found by following this link: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilc鈥?/a>How can I find out if my state has a law against interfering with relationships?
This is a completely mind boggling question.


Any adult has the right to have relationships with who they choose.. an exception might be someone on probation, who is told to not socialize with certain persons, for reasons of staying out of further trouble.


Children or teens are subject to parental authority... so, no, they would not have the right to associate with anyone they choose. At one time, some states had laws about ';alienation of affection'; in terms of marital relationships.. but those are pretty much 'dumped' since you really cannot blame a 3rd party, for what someone else decides concerning their marital relationship.


Someone might have a better answer, if you explained a bit more about what you are looking for. Overall.. I would say, there isn't any such laws, except as mentioned above.
Those laws were based on a legal marriage, not just a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship.





Filing a lawsuit based on antiquated rule could easily get the suit thrown out of court, you need to have a good attorney to argue it's merits. This fight is best done by someone who is not emotionally attached to the situation.
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I'll help you research it.