Candeloro v. Candeloro
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a matrimonial action, in which the parties were divorced by judgment dated February 7, 1986, the defendant husband appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Morrison, J.), entered July 14, 1986, which denied, without a hearing, his motion to vacate the judgment of divorce.
Ordered, that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Although this court has embraced a liberal policy with respect to vacating default judgments in matrimonial actions (see, Hegarty v Hegarty, 48 AD2d 891; Antonovich v Antonovich, 84 AD2d 799), the opening of a default is discretionary with the hearing court…
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