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    Action to annul marriage on ground of incurable mental illness for five years; procedure; support
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    SECTION 142

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

    Domestic Relations (DOM) CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE 9

    § 142. Dismissal of complaint in action by next friend to annul a
    marriage. Where the next friend of an infant, person with a
    developmental disability or person with a mental illness 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.