All causes of action for breach of contract to marry, alienation of affections and criminal conversation are hereby abolished, except that this section shall not apply to contracts now existing or to causes of action which heretofore accrued.
Wis. Stat. § 768.01
Actions for breach of promise, alienation of affection and criminal conversation abolished
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Nelson v. Jacobsen (1983)
Most recently applied in 92 Mass. App. Ct. 731 - Shea v. Cameron (February 2018)
1971 c. 220; 1979 c. 32 s. 51; Stats. 1979 s. 768.01
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