Passas v. Passas

In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment entered December 7, 1988, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Durante, J), dated September 30, 2003, which, after a hearing determining that the court properly obtained personal jurisdiction over him, denied his motion to vacate the judgment of divorce.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Although this Court has a liberal policy with respect to vacating defaults in matrimonial actions (see Viner v Viner, 291 AD2d 398 [2002]), it is still within the Supreme Court’s discretion…