No civil action shall be commenced or prosecuted for alienation of affection, criminal conversation, or seduction, and those causes of action are hereby abolished.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-42
Alienation of affection, criminal conversation, or seduction — Causes of action abolished
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Russo v. Sutton (1992)
Most recently applied in SER Justin S. Golden, Sr. v. Hon. Tod J. Kaufman, Judge (June 2014)
P.L. 1985, ch. 123, § 2.
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