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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7142
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR TORTIOUS
INTERFERENCE WITH THE RIGHT OF AN INHERITANCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) An action for tortious 1
interference with the right of an inheritance may be brought when (1) a 2
person has an expectation of receiving an inheritance, (2) another person 3
has knowledge of the expected inheritance, (3) such other person 4
engages in conduct that demonstrates an intent to interfere with the 5
expected inheritance, (4) such other person's conduct was tortious 6
causing the expected inheritance to fail, and (5) the person bringing the 7
action suffered actual economic loss as a result of such other person's 8
tortious conduct. 9
(b) Any person aggrieved by acts constituting tortious interference 10
with the right of an inheritance may bring an action in the Superior 11
Court to recover damages, together with costs and a reasonable 12
attorney's fee. No such action shall be brought under this section but 13
within three years from the date of the act complained of. 14
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a statutory cause of action for tortious interference with the
right of an inheritance.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]