N.Y. Domestic Relations Law Section 210
Limitations on actions for divorce and separation

No action for divorce or separation may be maintained on a ground which arose more than five years before the date of the commencement of that action for divorce or separation except where:

(a)

In an action for divorce, the grounds therefor are one of those specified in subdivision (2), (4), (5) or (6) of § 170 (Action for divorce)section one hundred seventy of this chapter, or

(b)

In an action for separation, the grounds therefor are one of those specified in subdivision 2 or 4 of § 200 (Action for separation)section two hundred of this chapter.

Source: Section 210 — Limitations on actions for divorce and separation, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/DOM/210 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

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