N.Y. CVP Law § 5101

§ 5101. Enforcement of money judgment or order. A money judgment and\nan order directing the payment of money, including motion costs, may be\nenforced as prescribed in article fifty-two. An order of support,\nalimony or maintenance of any court of competent jurisdiction where\narrears/past-due support have not been reduced to judgment, including\nmotion costs, may be enforced as prescribed in article fifty-two upon\nthe default of a debtor as such term is defined in paragraph seven of\nsubdivision (a) of section fifty-two hundred forty-one of this article,\nexcept that for the purposes of this section only, a default shall not\nbe founded upon retroactive child support obligations as defined in\nparagraph (a) of subdivision one of section four hundred forty of the\nfamily court act and subdivision one of section two hundred forty, and\nparagraph b of subdivision nine of section two hundred thirty-six of the\ndomestic relations law. The establishment of a default shall be subject\nto the procedures established for the determination of a mistake of fact\nfor income executions pursuant to subdivision (e) of section fifty-two\nhundred forty-one of this article.\n