New York Laws
Article 51 - Enforcement of Judgments and Orders Generally
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.

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