Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Insofar as this plenary action seeks to adjudicate the question of title to the marital residence between ex-spouses, who failed to raise or litigate the issue in a prior matrimonial action that was commenced before the effective date of the equitable distribution law, it is barred by principles of res judicata (see, Boronow v Boronow,
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