Johnson v. Lee
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
A party seeking to vacate a default must establish a reasonable excuse for the default and a potentially meritorious defense (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Matter of Dellagatta v McGillicuddy, 31 AD3d 549, 550 [2006]; Matter of Oliphant v Oliphant, 21 AD3d 376 [2005]; Matter of Butterworth v Sperber, 6 AD3d 530 [2004]). However, the general rule with respect to opening defaults in civil actions “is not to be rigorously applied to cases involving child custody” (Gorsky v Gorsky, 148 AD2d 674, 674 [1989]; see Ito v Ito, 73 AD3d 983 [2010]; D’Alleva v D’Alleva, 127 AD2d 732, 734 [1987]).
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