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N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 80-a: Causes of action for alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction and breach of contract to marry abolished

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  1. Civil Rights Law
  2. Article 8. Causes of Action For Alienation of Affections, Criminal Conversation, Seduction and Breach of Contract to Marry Abolished

§ 80-a. Causes of action for alienation of affections, criminal

conversation, seduction and breach of contract to marry abolished. The

rights of action to recover sums of money as damages for alienation of

affections, criminal conversation, seduction, or breach of contract to

marry are abolished. No act done within this state shall operate to give

rise, either within or without this state, to any such right of action.

No contract to marry made or entered into in this state shall operate to

give rise, either within or without this state, to any cause or right of

action for its breach.

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