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<law><law_id>792046</law_id><section_number>8.01-220</section_number><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><edition url="https://vacode.org/2016/" id="11" last_updated="2016-07-24" current="TRUE">2016</edition><structure><unit level="1" identifier="8.01" url="https://vacode.org/2016/8.01/">Civil Remedies And Procedure</unit><unit level="2" identifier="3" url="https://vacode.org/2016/8.01/3/">Actions</unit><unit level="3" identifier="21" url="https://vacode.org/2016/8.01/3/21/">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><catch_line>Action for alienation of affection, breach of promise, criminal conversation and seduction abolished</catch_line><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 20-37.2; 1968, c. 716; 1974, c. 606; 1977, c. 617.</history><order_by/><metadata/><court_decisions><unit><name>McDermott v. Reynolds</name><case_number>992028</case_number><citation>530 S.E.2d 902</citation><date>2000-06-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1059592/mcdermott-v-reynolds/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Justice. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia"&gt;SCV&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Doe v. Zwelling</name><case_number>050155</case_number><citation>620 S.E.2d 750</citation><date>2005-11-04</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058902/doe-v-zwelling/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. for professional malpractice is barred by Code &#xA7; 8.01-220, the "heart balm" statute. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia"&gt;SCV&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Elsie Y. Byrd v. William E. Byrd</name><case_number>81-1038</case_number><citation>657 F.2d 615</citation><date>1981-08-25</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/393689/elsie-y-byrd-v-william-e-byrd/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. abolition of interspousal immunity.  E. g., Va.Code 8.01-220.1, Session Laws at S. 542, Ch. 451, .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></unit><unit><name>Sentara Virginia Beach Gen. Hosp. v. LeBeau</name><case_number>2:01CV242</case_number><citation>188 F. Supp. 2d 623</citation><date>2002-03-01</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2576996/sentara-virginia-beach-gen-hosp-v-lebeau/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. and hospital care, as defined in Virginia Code &#xA7; 8.01-220.2." (SVBGH Mot. for Summ. J., Undisputed .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></unit><unit><name>William E. Raftery, Sr. v. Katheryn Girvin Scott</name><case_number>84-1052</case_number><citation>756 F.2d 335</citation><date>1985-03-07</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/449022/william-e-raftery-sr-v-katheryn-girvin-scott/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. the Virginia statute.  Ann.Code of Virginia Sec. 8.01-220 (1981).  The statute has eliminated the .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></unit><unit><name>Burns v. Gagnon</name><case_number>110754</case_number><citation>727 S.E.2d 634</citation><date>2012-04-20</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1057901/burns-v-gagnon/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. quot; Code &#xA7; 8.01-220.1:2(A). Because "teacher" is not defined in Code &#xA7; 8.01-220.1:2, we .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia"&gt;SCV&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Dade v. Anderson</name><case_number>Record No. 930025</case_number><citation>439 S.E.2d 353</citation><date>1994-01-07</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1301654/dade-v-anderson/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. defense of interspousal immunity in tort (Code &#xA7; 8.01-220.1), the recognition of marital rape as a .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia"&gt;SCV&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Jury v. Giant of Maryland, Inc.</name><case_number>962341</case_number><citation>491 S.E.2d 718</citation><date>1997-09-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1060012/jury-v-giant-of-maryland-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. of immunity from civil liability. See, e.g., &#xA7;&#xA7; 8.01-220.1:1, -225, -225.1, -226.2, -226.3; .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia"&gt;SCV&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Wyatt v. McDermott</name><case_number>111497</case_number><citation>725 S.E.2d 555</citation><date>2012-04-20</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1057886/wyatt-v-mcdermott/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. action for alienation of affection, found in Code &#xA7; 8.01-220, as somehow precluding a recognition .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia"&gt;SCV&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit></court_decisions><official_url>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/8.01-220/</official_url><refers_to/><url>/8.01-220/</url><token>8.01/3/21/8.01-220</token><referred_to_by/><text><section id="2556147" prefix="A"><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no civil action shall lie or be maintained in this Commonwealth for alienation of affection, breach of promise to marry, or criminal conversation upon which a cause of action arose or occurred on or after June 28, 1968.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2556148" prefix="B"><text>No civil action for seduction shall lie or be maintained where the cause of action arose or accrued on or after July 1, 1974.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>B</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>B</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>B</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section></text></law>
