Legal Opinion
Hilliard v. Hilliard
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1960PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonald S. Taylor, J.
Plaintiff, then and now a domiciliary of New York, married defendant, then a Virginia resident, on May 10, 1956 in the Village of Cairo, Georgia. At the time the parties were aged respectively 15 years and 20 years. They separated in September, 1958. Plaintiff sues to annul the marriage on the grounds that the written consent of both her *862parents to its solemnization had not been obtained as required by Georgia law and that she was under the age of legal consent when it was contracted. (Domestic Relations Law, § 7, subd. 1.) The law is settled in New York that “ subject to two exceptions * * *…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Van Voorhis v. . BrintnallNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Cunningham v. . CunninghamNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Thorp v. . ThorpNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- In Re the Estate of MayNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- Irby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
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