N.Y. DOM. LAW § 7 : NY Code - Section 7: Voidable marriages
Search N.Y. DOM. LAW § 7 : NY Code - 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,
provided that such nonage shall not of itself constitute an absolute
right to the annulment of such marriage, but such annulment shall be in
the discretion of the court which shall take into consideration all the
facts and circumstances surrounding such marriage;
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.