N.Y. DOM Law § 10
This is the official text of N.Y. DOM Law § 10, part of New York’s Domestic Relations Law — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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Marriage a civil contract
Official statutory text
§ 10. Marriage a civil contract. Marriage, so far as its validity in\nlaw is concerned, continues to be a civil contract, to which the consent\nof parties capable in law of making a contract is essential.\n
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