Tort Law and Divorce

Rob McKinney

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Tort law is simply a definition for a group of laws that pertain to address a private or civil wrong or injury. How does tort law come into play with a divorce ? Divorces bring out the worst of people. Sometimes people act without regard to what do do or say. Divorce torts are where one spouse assaults another spouse creating the intentional tort of assault. Aother common tort is invasion of privacy like intercepting e-mails, recording telephone calls,and posting comments about your spouse. Also, giving your spouse a sexuall transmitted disease falls into this area as well. What can you do. I would suggest filing an independant tort lawsuit to recover damages for your spouses misdeeds. More on this topic in the weeks to come.