Legal Opinion
In re Jones D.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 4, 2004PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, New York County (Rhoda J. Cohen, J.), entered on or about July 9, 2002, which denied respondent mother’s motion to vacate an order of default for failure to appear at a fact-finding and dispositional hearing, resulting in termination of her parental rights on grounds of abandonment, and commission of the custody and guardianship of the child to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Social Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Respondent showed neither a reasonable excuse for her failure to appear nor a meritorious defense to the…
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- In re Devon Dupree F.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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