N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law § 7

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 553

Section 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.

N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law § 7

Amended by New York Laws 2021 , ch. 306, Sec. 4, eff. 8/21/2021.

See New York Laws 2021 , ch. 306, Sec. 8.