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

§ 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.