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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-13

Procedures in causes of action for alienation of affection and criminal conversation

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 246 N.C. App. 438 - Hayes v. Waltz (2016)

Most recently applied in 257 N.C. App. 493 - Rodriguez v. Lemus (January 2018)

2009-400, s. 1.

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(a) No act of the defendant shall give rise to a cause of action for alienation of affection or criminal conversation that occurs after the plaintiff and the plaintiff's spouse physically separate with the intent of either the plaintiff or plaintiff's spouse that the physical separation remain permanent.

(b) An action for alienation of affection or criminal conversation shall not be commenced more than three years from the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action.

(c) A person may commence a cause of action for alienation of affection or criminal conversation against a natural person only.

Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.