Legal Opinion
Puco v. DeFeo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 29, 2002PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Skelos, J.), entered November 21, 2000, which denied his motion to vacate a judgment of divorce entered October 29, 1999, upon his failure to appear or answer.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court properly denied the defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (4) to vacate the judgment of divorce entered upon his failure to appear or answer the verified complaint. The affidavit of the process server constituted prima facie…
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