N.Y. Domestic Relations Law 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.

Source: Section 7 — Voidable marriages, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/DOM/7 (updated Aug. 27, 2021; accessed Feb. 21, 2026).

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