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Legal Opinion

Opn. No.

New York Attorney General Reports

Decided October 4, 1978Published

1Opinion of the Court

Hon. Richard D. Hongisto Commissioner Department of Correctional Services

This is in response to a request for an opinion from your Counsel, Patrick J. Fish, wherein he states that certain inmates serving life sentences have received marriage licenses and have participated in marriage ceremonies. He questions the validity of those marriages in light of section 79-a of the Civil Rights Law and asks my opinion as to the legal status of such marriages.

Mr. Fish is correct in his statement that marriages of persons serving life sentences are prohibited by section 79-a of the Civil Rights Law. The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. McCullen v. McCullenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  2. Johnson v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
  3. In Re the Will of LindewallNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
  4. Stein v. . DunneNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  5. Stein v. DunneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907

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