2016 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 19 - Abolition of Actions for Alienation of Affections and Breach of Promise to Marry
Section 1901 - Actions for alienation of affections abolished

23 PA Cons Stat § 1901 (2016) What's This?
§ 1901. Actions for alienation of affections abolished.

(a) General rule.--All civil causes of action for alienation of affections of husband or wife are abolished.

(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to cases where the defendant is a parent, brother or sister or a person formerly in loco parentis to the spouse of plaintiff.

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