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2023 New York Laws
DOM - Domestic Relations
Article 2 - Marriages
7 - Voidable Marriages.
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NY Dom Rel L § 7 (2023)
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§ 7. Voidable marriages. A marriage is void from the time its nullity is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction if either party thereto:
1. Is under the age of legal consent, which is eighteen years;
2. Is incapable of consenting to a marriage for want of understanding;
3. Is incapable of entering into the married state from physical cause;
4. Consent to such marriage by reason of force, duress or fraud;
5. Has been incurably mentally ill for a period of five years or more.
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