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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 301 (2026)

Action for alienation of affections prohibited

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A person is not liable to any other person in a civil action for the cause of alienation of affections.   [PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. C, §1 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 694, §C1 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1999–2018 · leading case: Veeder v. Kennedy, 1999 SD 23 (S.D. 1999).
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Veeder v. Kennedy, 1999 SD 23 (S.D. 1999). · cites it 2× “…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); Massachusetts, MassGenLaws ch 207, § 47B (1994); Michigan, MichCompLaws §…”
Norman Gaudette v. Terry M. Davis, 2017 ME 86 (Me. 2017). “The Legislature has acted to abolish causes of action in other contexts, such as alienation of affection claims, 14 M.R.S. § 301 (2016), and claims relating to recreational use of land, 14 M.”
Fitch v. Valentine, 959 So. 2d 1012 (Miss. 2007). “§ 23-208 (1982); Maine, Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 301 (1995); Maryland, Md.”
Doherty v. Merck & Co., Inc., 892 F.3d 493 (1st Cir. 2018). “Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 301 . And it was the state's highest court that actually pronounced that Maine common law did not recognize the birth of a healthy child as a remediable injury.”
Norman Gaudette v. Terry M. Davis Corrected August 24, 2017 (, 2017 ME 86 (Me. 2017). “2d 651 (“We will not interpret an ambiguous statute to be in derogation of the common law unless the Legislature clearly expressed the intent to diverge from the common law by the clear and unambiguous 13 The Legislature has acted to abolish causes of action in other contexts,…”
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