Word: carolina
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...Green Bay $30.61 2. Denver $35.83 3. Buffalo $38.24 4. Carolina $39.26 5. Pittsburgh...
...backlash against divorce progressed, state legislatures across the country, in an as yet unsuccessful attempt to reduce what was still the world's highest divorce rate, called for a rollback of no-fault divorce laws and even for premarital waiting periods. Last week, in a melodramatic flourish, a North Carolina jury added to the simmering debate by taking the side of an abandoned wife, ordering the "other woman" to pay her $1 million (see following story). Though the decision was based on an antique "alienation of affection" law, it still sent chills through the country's Second Wives Club...
Last week, when a North Carolina woman successfully sued her husband's lover for wrecking their marriage, it gave the current national recalculation of the costs of divorce a new bottom line. Lawyers have a word for it. They call these "heart-balm" cases, the heart being the injured party, the balm in this case a cool, soothing $1 million...
...common law, when wives were viewed as property, and stealing a wife was akin to cattle rustling. In this century, as women gained greater legal and financial independence, most states threw out their alienation of affection statutes; in only a few conservative states--including Missouri, Mississippi, North and South Carolina--have there been successful suits in recent years, and no verdict within memory anywhere close to last week's $1 million award. After a seven-day trial, the jury deliberated for just three hours before making its ruling. To Dorothy, who receives child support and is seeking alimony, the verdict...
...denounced it as "too high a price." Meanwhile, Barry--whose popularity is so low that nearly 80% of residents say it's time for him to go--is using the setback to his advantage. "Democracy has been raped," he asserts, decrying the white Republicans in Congress--particularly North Carolina Senator Lauch Faircloth--who spearheaded the takeover. Says a congressional aide: "Faircloth doesn't realize that he just became treasurer to Marion Barry's re-election campaign...