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What are the requirements for obtaining a New York divorce on the grounds of imprisonment of my spouse?

New York Domestic Relation Law section 170(3) provides that the confinement of the defendant in prison for a period of three or more consecutive years after the marriage of the plaintiff and defendant. The defendant must be incarcerated at the time the action is commenced.

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