N.Y. Domestic Relations Law Section 142
Dismissal of complaint in action by next friend to annul a marriage

Where the next friend of an infant, person with a developmental disability or person with a mental illness maintains an action annulling a marriage, the court may dismiss the complaint if justice so requires, although, in a like case, the party to the marriage, if plaintiff, would be entitled to judgment.

Source: Section 142 — Dismissal of complaint in action by next friend to annul a marriage, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/DOM/142 (updated Aug. 6, 2021; accessed Jan. 18, 2025).

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