Tennessee § 36-3-701 - Tort action abolished.
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§ 36-3-701. Tort action abolished.
The common law tort action of alienation of affections is hereby abolished. Acts 1989, ch. 517, § 1. Cross-References. Property tort actions, statutory liabilities, § 28-3-105 . Textbooks. Tennessee Law of Evidence (2nd ed., Cohen, Paine and Sheppeard), § 405.4. Law Reviews. Family Law — Tennessee Courts — Retroactive Abolition of the Common Law Tort of Criminal Conversation, Hanover v. Ruch, 809 S.W.2d 893, 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 156 (Tenn.), cert. denied, 112 S. Ct. 381 , 116 L. Ed. 2 d 332, 502 U.S. 942 , 1991 U.S. LEXIS 6263, 60 U.S.L.W. 3342 (1991) (No. 91-525), 59 Tenn. L. Rev. 159 (1991). Stealing Love in Tennessee: The Thief Goes Free, 56 Tenn. L. Rev. 629 (1989).
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