N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-13
Procedures in causes of action for alienation of affection and criminal conversation
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Current — April 1, 2022
As of September 1, 2021
(1) 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.
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) A person may commence a cause of action for alienation of affection or criminal conversation against a natural person only.
(3) A person may commence a cause of action for alienation of affection or criminal conversation against a natural person only.
History
(2009-400, s. 1.)
Legal Periodicals. - For note, "The Questionable Constitutionality of Curtailing Cuckolding: Alienation of Affection and Criminal Conversation Torts," see 65 Duke L.J. 755 (2016).
For article, "If Loving You is Wrong….Can First Amendment Protection Be Right? Alienation of Affection, Criminal Conversation, and the Right to Free Speech," see 38 N.C. Cent. L. Rev. 93 (2016).
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.