CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
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Premarital and Postnuptial Agreements
......Promise to Marry
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No cause of action for breach of promise to marry or alienation of affection.
No cause of action for breach of promise to marry or alienation of affection.
Civ. Code §43.4 barred actions for damages and return of property that had been transferred in reliance on fraudulent representations about party’s intentions that induced other into marriage.
If "gravamen" of cause of action was H's fraudulent promise to cohabit and support W after marriage, it is barred by anti-heartbalm statutes.