Statute · New York Domestic Relations Law
N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law § 7 — Voidable marriages
N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law § 7
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Domestic Relations Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 7. Voidable marriages. A marriage is void from the time its nullity is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction if either party thereto:
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N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law § 7 — Voidable marriages is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 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.