N.Y. DOM Law § 7
This is the official text of N.Y. DOM Law § 7, part of New York’s Domestic Relations Law — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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Voidable marriages
Official statutory text
§ 7. Voidable marriages. A marriage is void from the time its nullity\nis declared by a court of competent jurisdiction if either party\nthereto:\n 1. Is under the age of legal consent, which is eighteen years;\n 2. Is incapable of consenting to a marriage for want of understanding;\n 3. Is incapable of entering into the married state from physical\ncause;\n 4. Consent to such marriage by reason of force, duress or fraud;\n 5. Has been incurably mentally ill for a period of five years or more.\n
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