N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 5101: Enforcement of money judgment or order

§ 5101. Enforcement of money judgment or order. A money judgment and

an order directing the payment of money, including motion costs, may be

enforced as prescribed in article fifty-two. An order of support,

alimony or maintenance of any court of competent jurisdiction where

arrears/past-due support have not been reduced to judgment, including

motion costs, may be enforced as prescribed in article fifty-two upon

the default of a debtor as such term is defined in paragraph seven of

subdivision (a) of section fifty-two hundred forty-one of this article,

except that for the purposes of this section only, a default shall not

be founded upon retroactive child support obligations as defined in

paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section four hundred forty of the

family court act and subdivision one of section two hundred forty, and

paragraph b of subdivision nine of section two hundred thirty-six of the

domestic relations law. The establishment of a default shall be subject

to the procedures established for the determination of a mistake of fact

for income executions pursuant to subdivision (e) of section fifty-two

hundred forty-one of this article.