Legal Opinion

In re Khalil B.

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

Decided May 24, 1994PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Orders of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Judith Sheindlin, J.), entered on or about March 15 and 24, 1993, terminating respondent’s parental rights and transferring guardianship and custody of the subject children to petitioners for the purposes of adoption, upon a fact-finding determination of permanent neglect, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

We agree with Family Court that respondent showed neither a reasonable excuse nor a meritorious defense in support of his motions to vacate his defaults at both the fact-finding and dispositional hearings (see, Matter of Jones, 128…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re Sheila G.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. In re JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  3. O. Children. St. Dominic's Home v. Doris O.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re Male J.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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