No cause of action arises for:
(a) Alienation of affection.
(b) Criminal conversation.
(c) Seduction of a person over the age of legal consent.
(d) Breach of promise of marriage.
Cal. Civ. Code § 43.5
PERSONAL RIGHTS
Applied in 54 court decisions — leading case 24 Cal. 4th 1 - In Re Marriage of Bonds (2000)
Most recently applied in 92 Mass. App. Ct. 731 - Shea v. Cameron (February 2018)
Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 128.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.