From the Greenwich Time police blotter:
• Terrell Nelson, 45, of 4 Capalbo Place was arrested and charged Sunday with disorderly conduct, third-degree assault and second-degree strangulation. He was held on a $2500 bond.
What the hell is first-degree strangulation, murder?
For What It's Worth 
First degree is what our pols. have done to the economy.
3rd degree strangulation is auto erotic
Well Fred, that one seems to solve itself, judging from the occasional news reports I read.
Just about the ONLY thing I remember from the BarBri family law lecture video on the topic of alienation of affection and other such archaic interpersonal torts: “Criminal Conversation is neither criminal — nor conversation”.