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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-07-29 (Statute Update stamp, 23 Pa.C.S.)

23 Pa.C.S. § 1901: Actions for alienation of affections abolished.

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  1. Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  2. PART II MARRIAGE
  3. CHAPTER 19 ABOLITION OF ACTIONS FOR ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS AND BREACH OF PROMISE TO MARRY

(a) General rule.--All civil causes of action for alienation of affections of husband or wife are abolished.

(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to cases where the defendant is a parent, brother or sister or a person formerly in loco parentis to the spouse of plaintiff.

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