No person shall be liable in civil damages for any breach of a promise to marry, alienation of affections, or criminal conversation, and no person shall be liable in civil damages for seduction of any person eighteen years of age or older who is not incompetent, as defined in section 2111.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2305.29
No civil liability for breach of a promise to marry, alienation of affections, or criminal conversation
Known as the Uniform Duties to Incapacitated Persons Act
The act spans §§ 2305–2305 (79 sections).
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Nelson v. Jacobsen (1983)
Most recently applied in SER Justin S. Golden, Sr. v. Hon. Tod J. Kaufman, Judge (June 2014)
Effective: June 26, 1978; Latest Legislation: House Bill 248 - 112th General Assembly
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Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.