Legal Opinion

In re Tenace

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 12, 1996PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—White, J.

Appeal from an amended order of the Family Court of Schenectady County (Griset, J.), entered January 24, 1996, which denied petitioner’s motion to vacate a prior order adjudicating him to be a juvenile delinquent.

Fourteen years after an order was entered adjudicating petitioner a juvenile delinquent, he moved to vacate it. Family Court denied the motion on the ground that the time to appeal had expired.

We affirm, but on a different ground. While the right to seek *723legal redress is broad, it is not without limitations. One limitation is that a party cannot unreasonably and inexcusably…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. MATTER OF SCHULZ v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1993

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Caldor Corp. v. S Plaza Associates, L.P. (In Re Caldor, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1998
  2. In re Christian R.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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