In re Danielle R.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Mary Bednar, J.), entered on or about April 15, 1996, which denied respondent’s motion to vacate her default at the fact-finding and dispositional hearings, resulting in an order entered April 11, 1996, terminating her parental rights to the subject children upon a finding of permanent neglect, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly exercised its discretion in denying respondent’s motion to vacate her default since her moving papers failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for her absence or a meritorious defense (see, Matter of "Male”…