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Senate panel advances bill to end alienation-of-affection tort, delays effective date
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to advance a substitute that abolishes the civil tort of alienation of affection in Utah but delays the law's cutoff date to May 5, 2027, to give practitioners time to adjust. Supporters said the tort is antiquated and often used vindictively.
Senate Bill 109, sponsored by Senator Weiler, would eliminate the civil tort known as alienation of affection. Weiler told the committee the tort traces to an "offensive, outdated medieval concept" that treated women as property and that Utah was one of only a few states still recognizing the claim.
Weiler moved a substitute that pushes the cutoff for new claims…
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