Legal Opinion
Sayagh v. Sayagh
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 20, 1994PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lonschein, J.), dated December 21, 1992, which denied his motion to vacate the judgment of divorce dated August 10, 1992, entered upon his default.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
"Although this court has adopted a liberal policy with respect to vacating default judgments in matrimonial actions (see, D’Alleva v D Alleva, 127 AD2d 732; Antonovich v Antono *679vich, 84 AD2d 799; Hegarty v Hegarty, 48 AD2d 891), the opening of a default is…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Antonovich v. AntonovichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- D'Alleva v. D'AllevaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Black v. BlackAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Candeloro v. CandeloroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Hegarty v. HegartyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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