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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 14
Domestic Relations
ARTICLE 11-A
Special Provisions Relating to Divorce and Separation
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SECTION 211
Pleadings, proof and motions
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SECTION 210
Limitations on actions for divorce and separation
Domestic Relations (DOM) CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE 11-A
§ 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 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 section two hundred of this chapter.