The motion court properly granted defendant wife a judgment for arrears in maintenance pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 244, instead of requiring her to commence a plenary action alleging breach of the parties' 1986 modification of their 1972 separation agreement. There is no question that the parties' 1972 separation agreement was "incorporated by reference" into their divorce judgment, as contemplated by Domestic
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