Legal Opinion
Benito v. Childs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 17, 1998PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment dated July 10, 1997, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Barone, J.), entered October 6, 1997, which denied her motion to vacate the judgment, entered upon her default in complying with various court orders and her default in appearing at an inquest.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Notwithstanding this Court’s liberal policy with respect to vacating default judgments in matrimonial actions (see, Sayagh v Sayagh, 205 AD2d 678; Kellerman v Kellerman,…
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