Legal Opinion
Bendeck v. Zablah
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 4, 2013PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, New York County (Jody Adams, J.), entered on or about November 10, 2011, denying respondent’s objection to an order of the Support Magistrate, dated May 4, 2011, which denied respondent’s motion seeking, inter alia, to vacate prior default orders awarding child support and counsel fees, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The Family Court correctly upheld the Support Magistrate’s denial of the father’s motion to vacate his defaults. A party seeking to vacate a default judgment must demonstrate both a reasonable excuse and a meritorious defense (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1];…
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