{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-7","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 7","heading":"Voidable marriages","body":"§ 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.","path":["Domestic Relations Law","Article 2. Marriages"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/DOM/7","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"22f4e5b1af865096f6c0fb3cc45e544c96f4e45184ce2bb3cf7d58bfddf73288","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-6","next":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}