In re Samuel V.S.

*567A party seeking to vacate an order must establish that there was a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious defense to the petition (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Matter of Atkin v Atkin, 55 AD3d 905 [2008]). Without reaching the question of whether or not the mother had a reasonable excuse for default, we find that the court properly denied the mother’s motion because she failed to set forth a meritorious defense. The record demonstrates that the mother suffers from either borderline personality disorder or a not otherwise specified personality disorder, that she committed multiple acts…