Court Opinion

ID: 9774364
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 18:17:51.480379+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:08:30.451103
License: Public Domain

PRICE, Judge,
concurring.
I concur with the decision of the majority, excepting only the reference to the tort of alienation of affection. The reference implies our continued recognition of such a cause of action.
Many of the reasons that support abolishing the tort of criminal conversation also apply to alienation of affection. Hopefully, the idea of having a “property right” in another person is long since passed. "While I agree that we should attempt to protect marriage and the family unit, I doubt that lawsuits for money serve that goal. More often than not such suits will only continue the pain and abuse the parties have already suffered.
Without the issue being raised, briefed, and before us, I believe it is poor jurisprudence to anticipate whether such a tort should continue in existence, or in what form it should continue.