Orange County Department of Social Services v. Germel Y.

The Family Court’s denial of the appellant’s objections to the Support Magistrate’s order was proper. The Support Magistrate appropriately treated the appellant’s motions, which did not specify their precise statutory basis, as having been made pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (1), inasmuch as they asserted that the appellant “had no prior notice and had a reasonable excuse for his failure to appear and a meritorious defense” to the petition, and sought “an order restoring the matter to the Calendar” (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Electric Ins. Co. v Grajower, 256 AD2d 833, 833-834 [1998]).

The Support…