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Two things. First, Kirsten Sinema can get fucked, she seems to have screwed every person who's ever come into contact with her, especially her constituents in Arizona. But second, this is the most ridiculous lawsuit I've ever heard of.
This is the kind of corn fried bullshit one can expect from these fucking Southern States. Marriage isn't sacred, it's not even all that important. I think if we reduced it down to contract law like it's should be, things would be a lot simpler. In fact limiting marriage contracts to 20, 30, or 40 year lengths and adding in specific stipulations would probably improve a lot of people's experience with it.
P.S. also a not quite third thing. Her lawyer's last name is Epstein. And I just realized how much it really must fucking suck for anybody who has that last name right now.
I partially disagree with your second part but not because of any sacredness of marriage, but because once in a marriage a lot of finances and life decisions are made that can fuck a person's life if suddenly up rooted. I feel like this law is an improvement on alimony because it's a one time payment and the person that fucked it has to pay.
Really, I just like when shitty people get their comeuppance.
I don't know how these alienation of affection laws work, but I would hope the spouse involved in the affair would also have to pay since it's not like they don't have any agency, either.
And yeah, I get your point about the marriage thing - if one of the people in the marriage decides to go fucking around, their spouse should have the option to cut that short without being buried in bills for it - the cheater should have to pay it all, and if the person they cheated with is also made to pay, that make sense, too.
Those states are: North Carolina, Mississippi, South Dakota, New Mexico, Utah, and Hawaii