Silverman v. Reid

In a child custody and visitation proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the petitioner father appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Queens County (DePhillips, J.), dated November 18, 1996, as denied that branch of his motion which was to vacate, inter alia, an order of protection dated June 3, 1996, entered upon his failure to appear at the adjourned date of the hearing on his application.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The court, in its discretion, may relieve a party from the…