Treiber v. Hess

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Appellee obtained a $100,000 judgment against appellant for alienation of affection. After the judgment was rendered, appeal taken, and transcript lodged in this Court, the General Assembly abolished alienation of affection as a cause of action. Act 46 of 1989 § 6 (effective Nov. 14, 1989). Section 8 of Act 46 provides that abolishment of the action does “not apply to litigation pending before the effective date of this act." [Emphasis supplied.] In spite of this italicized language, appellant asks us to judicially abolish the cause of action back to the time this…