My question involves a marriage in the state of: North Carolina
My brother in law is in the middle of an ugly divorce. Can he sue his sister in law for alienation of affection, for having a hand in breaking up his marriage?
My brother in law has been married approximately 42 years. About 6 years ago his wife's sister (Single and never married) convinced them to move in with her, and rent out their house. The mental abuse got so bad, he finally had to ask for a separation, and move out. The abuse was constant, by the sister in law, and constantly pushing his wife, to mentally abuse him. He was dealing with diabetes, and was doing dialysis at home all night long. Then getting up and going to work all day. Was told he couldn't take a day off when he didn't feel well, just suck it up. He was told he was not allowed to retire. Unless he had someplace else to go, at least 3 days a week, because he wasn't allowed to just sit around my house doing nothing. But it was OK for his 35 year old son (going thru dialysis also) to do just that, (sit around doing nothing all day). Not having to find even a part time job.
They would never cook anything he wanted to eat, only what they deemed he should eat. They forced him to sit in the backseat of his own car, because the sister in law refused to sit in back, and wouldn't ride with him driving. She even helped turn the 2 sons against him by supporting them financially, and letting them know who controlled the purse strings, and letting them know how fast it could stop.
The sister in law constantly drove a wedge between them, until my brother in law could not take the mental abuse anymore.

