In re Tony T.

—In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate the mother’s parental rights on the ground of permanent neglect, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Bogacz, J.), dated April 8, 2002, which denied her motion to vacate her default in appearing at the fact-finding and the dispositional hearings. Justice Mastro has been substituted for the late Justice O’Brien (see 22 NYCRR 670.1 [c]).

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

It is well settled that whether to relieve a party of an order entered on default is a matter…