Legal Question in Family Law in Tennessee

extramarital relations

I was with husband for all of 27 years, had children together. Now, I am seeking a divorce because of his infidelty/adultery with the same woman he's with now. His affair began several years before I left the home, now he will not give a divorce based on his desire to supposedly gain from my financial situation, but his girlfriend is in the same home as we lived for years as husband and wife. My question is: In the state of Tennessee, are there any laws, old or new, that will allow me to sue the girlfriend for all the grief I have experienced in part, from her affair with my husband and my displacement in the home?


Asked on 6/15/04, 4:32 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
David Waldrop Holley, Waldrop, Nearn & Lazarov P.C.

Re: extramarital relations

No. The tort of alienation of affections has been abolished in Tennessee.

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Answered on 6/15/04, 9:10 pm


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