In re Baby Girl S.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Sheldon Rand, J.), entered on or about June 4, 1996, which denied respondent-appellant’s motion to vacate dispositional orders terminating her parental rights that were entered on default, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Family Court properly exercised its discretion in denying the motion to vacate, since there was no showing of a reasonable excuse for respondent’s failure to appear at the dispositional hearing or of a meritorious defense in this matter (see, Matter of Celeste M., 180 AD2d 437). Assuming, arguendo, that her boyfriend’s sister did in…