Statute · New York Civil Rights Law
N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 80-a — Causes of action for alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction and breach of contract to marry abolished
N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 80-a
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Civil Rights Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 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…
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N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 80-a — Causes of action for alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction and breach of contract to marry abolished is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 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.