Legal Opinion
Ranieri v. Ranieri
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 20, 1989PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mangano, J. P.
The primary question to be resolved on the instant appeal is whether a'purported marriage solemnized in the *36State of New York by a minister of the Universal Life Church, Inc. (hereinafter the ULC) is void. This question must be answered in the affirmative.
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On October 18, 1986, the plaintiff and the defendant were purportedly married by one James J. Corrigan, Jr., a "minister” of the ULC, in a "civil” ceremony performed in Suffolk County. At the time of the marriage, the plaintiff was 40 years old and the defendant was 57 years old. Both parties had been…
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