Can I sue my husbands mistress for criminal conversation? She knew we were married for 23 years. She came into my home for almost 2 months, she sat and drank coffee and chatted with me, introduced me to her children all the while having sex with my husband. She maliciously has torn my family apart, my son and I are devastated. Almost 11 months later she is still without care continuing to be an interloper. Do I take my belongings and just leave and admit defeat or can I at least get her in a court of law?

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I'd actually be taking my SPOUSE to court - not the interloper. HE could have kept his pants zipped up, couldn't he?

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Sue for what? What law did she break? You can divorce your husband. Other than that, sorry, but she didn't break any laws.

What, exactly, is criminal conversation?

While a few states still have adultry laws on the books, most have been over turned as not consititutional, along with the homosexual laws. The state has no business in the bedroom was the basis for finding most of these laws unconsititional.

You seem to blame just the women, not your husband??

But no you file for divorce, child custody and child support. Or you find out why your husband can't keep his pants up and make sure he stops though counseling.

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Originally Posted by curiousbynature

Can i sue my husbands mistress for criminal conversation? She knew we were married for 23 years. she came into my home for almost 2 months, she sat and drank coffee and chatted with me, introduced me to her children all the while having sex with my husband. she maliciously has torn my family apart, my son and I are devastated. Almost 11 months later she is still without care continuing to be an interloper. Do I take my belongings and just leave and admit defeat or can I at least get her in a court of law?

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What State? When there are laws against such conduct on the books they are almost never, ever prosecuted.

I never understand and maybe you can explain - your husband who made vows and promises to you had an affair with another women. She never made any vows and promises to you.

You are angry with her and want to sue her for tearing your family apart? What about him? She didn't owe you any duty; he did and beside that, he lied to you for at least two months.

I never understand why women turn against women in these cases and the men keep right on dancing.

This other lady broke no law other than being an interloper. I am sorry that she snookered you for as long as she did, but like everyone else has said hubby is really the one who should be punished and taken to Court.

Why sue the other woman? I say why not. The husband is clearly the primary culprit here, but so is the other woman. Woman turn against woman you say - sleeping knowingly with another woman's husband has to be punishable, so what if she didn't make any promises. We all owe each other basic decency (of keeping our paws off the other woman's husband. Its not a game you know, it cannot be made so easy for them to get away with no punishment). Stealing affection should be enforceable to in every state, not just the 7. And criminal conversation means you can sue anyone that you have solid physical proof against.
You know the pain of being cheated on only when you go through it. It is dehumanizing and degrading.

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Originally Posted by womenofnoname

Why sue the other woman? I say why not. The husband is clearly the primary culprit here, but so is the other woman. Woman turn against woman you say - sleeping knowingly with another woman's husband has to be punishable, so what if she didn't make any promises. We all owe each other basic decency (of keeping our paws off the other woman's husband. Its not a game you know, it cannot be made so easy for them to get away with no punishment). Stealing affection should be enforceable to in every state, not just the 7. And criminal conversation means you can sue anyone that you have solid physical proof against.
You know the pain of being cheated on only when you go through it. It is dehumanizing and degrading.

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Interesting and heartfelt - but very bad legal advice AND this is a legal board. Fact is that the stealing affection is NOT grounds for a lawsuit in "most" States. Maybe it should be. Maybe it shouldn't. The fact is that in "most" States it is not.

No, "criminal conversation" does NOT mean that you can sue anyone you have solid physical proof against.

And I go back to my thinking (and I work in the legal community) - the other woman made no vows, no promises, owes no allegiance to the wife. The husband did... and does. Why is it that two women are involved with the same man, they turn on each other and he skates away?