Welch v. Welch

In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment entered June 20, 1978, the plaintiff wife appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Murphy, J.), entered November 21, 1985, as dismissed her claim for support arrears for the period from July 1, 1978 to August 1, 1979.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

An action to recover support arrears claimed pursuant to a divorce judgment is governed by the six-year Statute of Limitations (CPLR 213), unless the arrearages have been reduced to a…