N.Y. Family Court Act § 475: Procedure as to defaults

§ 475. Procedure as to defaults. If the surety contests the default

the court shall hear and determine the issue. In the event that the

court finds that a default has been suffered, it shall make an order

specifying the amount in default and forfeiting the undertaking or cash

deposit to the extent of such default. A certified copy of such order

shall be filed in the county clerk's office with a certified copy of the

undertaking and thereupon the said clerk shall docket the same in the

book kept by the clerk for the docketing of judgments, as if the same

was a transcript of a judgment directed for the amount of such sum in

default. The certified copy of the undertaking and of the order shall be

the judgment record. Such judgment shall be a lien on all of the real

estate and collectible out of the real and personal property of the

surety. An execution may be issued to collect the amount thereof in the

same manner as upon a judgment recovered in any court of record.