N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 234: Title to or occupancy and possession of property

§ 234. Title to or occupancy and possession of property. In any action

for divorce, for a separation, for an annulment or to declare the

nullity of a void marriage, the court may (1) determine any question as

to the title to property arising between the parties, and (2) make such

direction, between the parties, concerning the possession of property,

as in the court's discretion justice requires having regard to the

circumstances of the case and of the respective parties. Such direction

may be made in the final judgment, or by one or more orders from time to

time before or subsequent to final judgment, or by both such order or

orders and final judgment. Where the title to real property is affected,

a copy of such judgment, order or decree, duly certified by the clerk of

the court wherein said judgement was rendered, shall be recorded in the

office of the recording officer of the county in which such property is

situated, as provided by section two hundred ninety-seven-b of the real

property law.