If the parties have failed to substantially perform all the terms and conditions of such decree or judgment the defendant may have a valid defense.

It is not a defense to a judgment of separation that the parties have reconciled and cohabited.  See Coppola v Copolla, 17 AD2d 647, 648, (2d Dept 1962), appeal dismissed 12 NY2d 712(1962); Quirk v Quirk, 175 Misc. 703(Sup. Ct. Erie County 1941).  However, under Domestic Relations Law Section 203, a joint application of the parties, accompanied with satisfactory evidence of their reconciliation, a judgment for a separation, forever, or for a limited period, may be revoked by the court.

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