Howton v. Avery

The appellant would have us create a cause of action for tortious interference with a marital contract. We see no reason to reopen an avenue to litigation that the Legislature, in its wisdom, closed in 1935 by enactment of a statute codified at Code 1975, § 6-5-331.

We affirm the judgment dismissing the case and adopt the following language from Arnac v. Wright, 163 Ga. App. 33,292 S.E.2d 440, 442 (1982):

"A review of the complaint shows allegations of 'seduction,' 'illicit relations,' and 'estranged . . . affections,' which [are] synonymous with and the equivalent of pleading adultery,…