Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237
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.