New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it.

If an older brother asks to marry your girlfriend by law and honor you, and your girlfriend, must agree.

In a divorce, women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage. This provision does not apply to men.

Sex outside of marriage is forbidden

Any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void.

By law, if a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, the marriage must take place.