§ 8.01-220 Action for alienation of affection, breach of promise, criminal conversation and seduction abolished
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no civil action shall lie or be maintained in this Commonwealth for alienation of affection, breach of promise to marry, or criminal conversation upon which a cause of action arose or occurred on or after June 28, 1968.
B. No civil action for seduction shall lie or be maintained where the cause of action arose or accrued on or after July 1, 1974.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 716; in 1974, chapter 606; in 1977, chapter 617.
Code 1950, § 20-37.2; 1968, c. 716; 1974, c. 606; 1977, c. 617.