Legal Opinion
In re Helena W.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 12, 2004PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In three related proceedings pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate parental rights, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Freeman, J.), dated August 25, 2003, which denied her motion to vacate her default in appearing at the dispositional hearing at which her parental rights to the subject children were terminated and custody and guardianship were transferred to the petitioner for the purpose of adoption.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The mother failed to establish either a reasonable excuse for her default in…
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