Section 142 – Dismissal of complaint in action by next friend to annul a marriage

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, New York

Where the next friend of an infant, mentally retarded person or mentally ill person 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.

N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law ยง 142