Commissioner of Social Services v. Paulino F.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bruce M. Kaplan, J.

Respondent has timely filed an objection to the Hearing Examiner’s order entered on December 13, 1989. The petitioner has timely filed a rebuttal. The objection is denied, and *1015the respondent is directed to move to vacate his default before the Hearing Examiner.

This objection furnishes an opportunity to examine the appropriate procedures to be followed by a party after a Hearing Examiner enters an order of support or dismissal following a default.

This opinion focuses on the two-step process a defaulter must pursue, and the time frame in which it must be…