Legal Opinion
Junowicz v. Junowicz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 6, 1987PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a matrimonial action, the plaintiff husband appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Corrado, J.), dated September 5, 1986, which granted the defendant wife’s motion to vacate a default judgment of divorce entered against her.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In light of the liberal policy with regard to vacating default judgments in matrimonial actions (Lucas v Lucas, 109 AD2d 781; Antonovich v Antonovich, 84 AD2d 799), we find that the defendant wife provided a reasonable excuse and an adequate showing of a meritorious defense (see, CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Shaw…
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