Forum Newsfront
September, 1981
Love Nor MoneyDes Moines—In denying an award of $30,000 in damages to a rejected husband, the Iowa Supreme Court struck down the legal concept of alienation of affection as "rooted in ideas we have long since renounced, involving wives as property." Stating that such suits "are useless as a means of preserving a family," the court noted that "human experience is that the affections of persons who are devoted and faithful are not susceptible to larceny." The decision...
