The article discusses the New York Supreme Court's determination in the 2014 case Ponorovskaya v. Stecklow that New York's statutory exception to a marriage license requirement is generally inapplicable to out-of-state marriages. Section 25 of New York’s Domestic Relations Law, which addresses various marriage requirements, is examined. A comity legal doctrine is mentioned, along with Mexican marriage laws and marriage ceremonies solemnized by the nontheistic Universal Life Church.