In re Joshua K.

—Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Bruce Kaplan, J.), entered on or about October 22, 1997, which denied appellant’s motion to vacate a prior order, entered upon her failure to appear at a scheduled hearing, terminating her parental rights to the subject child upon a finding of permanent neglect, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion was properly denied for failure to show either a reasonable excuse for the failure to appear or a meritorious defense. In the latter regard, appellant fails to rebut petitioner agency’s clear and convincing evidence that its diligent efforts to…