Ken1988
oh, you again
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Afaik, the difference in this context is that this specific type of suit (against the paramour of one’s spouse) is rare to non-existent in the US and probably wouldn’t succeed, but it happens frequently and successfully enough in Japan that there is even a sort of informal standard award to the plantiff for the “damages”. Just my understanding. I’d be happy to learn more from those better informed though.
-Ww
You are right. Probably no states except for North Carolina recognize the torts of “alienation of affections.” Japan recognizes them. However, it is not because there is specific law on it, but because there is no definition of “alienation of affections” in the torts in the Japanese civil code. There is no such law in Japan that is equivalent to NC General Statues 52-13.