§ 13-20-201 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 13-20-201

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 13: Courts
• Art.: Actions

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The remedies provided by law on or
before April 27, 1937, for the enforcement of actions based upon alleged alienation
of affections, criminal conversation, seduction, and breach of contract to marry
have been subjected to grave abuses, caused extreme annoyance, embarrassment,
humiliation, and pecuniary damage to many persons wholly innocent and free of any
wrongdoing who were merely the victims of circumstances, and have been
exercised by unscrupulous persons for their unjust enrichment, and have furnished
vehicles for the commission or attempted commission of crime and in many cases
have resulted in the perpetration of frauds, it is hereby declared as the public policy
of the state that the best interests of the people of the state will be served by the
abolition thereof. Consequently, in the public interest, the necessity for the
enactment of this part 2 is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.

Legislative History

Source: L. 37: p. 404, � 4. CSA: C. 24A, � 4. CRS 53: � 41-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: � 41-3-3.