Penal Law § 255.05 · Article 255. Offenses Affecting the Marital Relationship
Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree
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§ 255.05 Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree.
A person is guilty of unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree when, not being a judicial officer authorized to issue decrees of divorce or annulment, he issues a written instrument reciting or certifying that he or some other purportedly but not actually authorized person has issued a valid decree of civil divorce, annulment or other dissolution of a marriage.
Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree is a class A misdemeanor.
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