The Donald Sterling, Rochelle Sterling, V. Stiviano love triangle has been all over the news lately. There are recordings of Donald Sterling by V. Stiviano, the mistress, and there is a lawsuit filed by Rochelle Sterling against the mistress.
At the heart of Rochelle’s Sterling’s lawsuit against V. Stiviano are gifts given by her husband to his mistress which she contends were purchased with marital money. While California is a community property state and the laws are not the same as Illinois, an Illinois spouse does have recourse when marital money is being used to fund an extra-marital relationship. Continue reading “Dissipation and Alienation of Affections”