MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
(A) ACTIONS PROHIBITED.

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A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR BREACH OF PROMISE TO MARRY
IS PROHIBITED WHETHER IT AROSE IN THE STATE OR
ELSEWHERE, UNLESS THE PLAINTIFF IS PREGNANT. A CAUSE
OF ACTION FOR ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS IS PROHIBITED
WHETHER IT AROSE IN THE STATE OR ELSEWHERE.

(B)   CONTRACTS VOID; EXCEPTION.

A CONTRACT FOR PAYMENT OR SETTLEMENT OF A CLAIM
PROHIBITED BY THIS SECTION IS VOID AND ENFORCEMENT OF
SUCH A CONTRACT IS PROHIBITED, EXCEPT THAT A
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT IN THE HANDS OF A HOLDER IN DUE
COURSE MAY BE ENFORCED.

(C)   PENALTY FOR FILING ACTION OR ASSERTING A
CLAIM.

A PERSON WHO DOES AN ACT PROHIBITED BY THIS
SUBSECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON
CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN
$5,000 OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS,
OR BOTH. A PERSON VIOLATES THIS SUBSECTION IF HE:

(1)   ASSERTS OR SETTLES A CLAIM OR FILES OR
THREATENS TO FILE AN ACTION IN A MATTER PROHIBITED BY
THIS SECTION;

(2)   ATTEMPTS TO INDUCE ANOTHER PERSON TO
ASSERT, SETTLE, FILE, OR THREATEN TO FILE AN ACTION
PROHIBITED BY THIS SECTION; OR

(3)   RECEIVES OR ACCEPTS ANY MONEY OR THING
OF VALUE KNOWING THAT IT IS IN PAYMENT OF A CLAIM
PROHIBITED BY THIS SECTION.

(D)   LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.

THIS SECTION IS REMEDIAL IN NATURE AND SHALL BE
LIBERALLY CONSTRUED TO ACCOMPLISH ITS PURPOSES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language
derived from Art. 75C, §§ 1 - 9.

Subsection (a) is new language derived from
the combination of the provisions from §§
1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The subsection is
changed substantively to permit bringing of
suits for breach of promise to marry only
by a woman who is pregnant. Under the