Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 34-12-2-1 (2026)
Causes of action abolished
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 1. (a) The following civil causes of action are abolished:
(1) Breach of promise to marry.
(2) Alienation of affections.
(3) Criminal conversation.
(4) Seduction of any female person of at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(b) This section does not affect a cause of action described in subsection (a) that accrued before June 10, 1935.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-4-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.7.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1997–2016 · leading case: Veeder v. Kennedy, 1999 SD 23 (S.D. 1999).
Veeder v. Kennedy, 1999 SD 23 (S.D. 1999). “…DCCodeAnn § 16-923 (1998); Florida, FlaStat ch 771.01-771 (1997); Georgia, GaCode Ann § 51-1-17 (1990); Indiana, IndCode § 34-12-2-1 (1986); Kansas, KanStatAnn § 23-208 (1995); Maine, MeRevStatAnn tit 14 § 301 (West 1998); Maryland, MdCodeAnn Family Law § 3-103 (1999);…”
Tina L. Hemingway v. John P. Scott, 66 N.E.3d 998 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). “See Ind.Code § 34-12-2-1 (abolishing torts of alienation of affections, criminal conversation, and seduction of any female person of at least eighteen years of age as well as action for breach of promise to marry).”
Gilbert v. Barkes, 987 S.W.2d 772 (Ky. 1999). “01 (West 1991)); Indiana (Ind.Code Ann. § 34-12-2-1 (Michie 1998)); Maine (Me.”
Fitch v. Valentine, 959 So. 2d 1012 (Miss. 2007). “§ 51-1-17 (1979); Indiana, *1036 Ind.Code Ann. § 34-12-2-1 (1998); Kansas, Kan.”
SER Justin S. Golden, Sr. v. Hon. Tod J. Kaufman, Judge, 760 S.E.2d 883 (W. Va. 2014). “§ 51-1-17 (1982); Ind.Code Ann. § 34-12-2-1 (1998); Mass.Gen.”
Bland v. Hill, 735 So. 2d 414 (Miss. 1999). “, § 51-1-17(1982); Ind.Code, § 34-12-2-1(West 1986); Kan.Stat.”
L.N.K. ex rel. Kavanaugh v. St. Mary's Med. Ctr., 785 N.E.2d 303 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). “§ 34-12-2-1(a)(4). Because the current version of Indiana Code section 34-12-2-l(a)(4) only alters the common law by barring actions by women who have attained the age of eighteen, we conclude that women who have not attained that age and their parents are not prohibited from…”
Alvin E. Bland v. Charles W. Hill (Miss. 1997). “, § 51-1- 17(1982); Ind.Code, § 34-12-2-1(West 1986); Kan.Stat.”
Ind. Code § 34-12-2-1(a)(4): 1 case
L.N.K. ex rel. Kavanaugh v. St. Mary's Med. Ctr., 785 N.E.2d 303 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). “§ 34-12-2-1(a)(4). Because the current version of Indiana Code section 34-12-2-l(a)(4) only alters the common law by barring actions by women who have attained the age of eighteen, we conclude that women who have not attained that age and their parents are not prohibited from…”
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