Legal Opinion
Enger v. Erwin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 7, 1980No. 35892PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
Appellee brought suit against appellant for alienation of affections pursuant to Code Ann. § 105-1203. While his suit was pending, the General Assembly enacted the Family and Domestic Relations Law, Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, Section 46 of which entirely superseded the former Code Ann. § 105-1203. The new Code section, which appears at Code Ann. § 30-109.1, as well as at Code Ann. § 105-1203, abolished the cause of action for alienation of affections upon which appellee’s complaint was based.
Laws usually may not have retrospective application. Code Ann. § 102-104. The General…
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