Legal Opinion

In re Devyn B.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 13, 2014Published

1Opinion of the Court

*769In a child neglect proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the father appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Kelly, J.), dated December 4, 2012, as denied his motion to vacate an order of fact-finding of the same court dated September 21, 2012, which, upon his failure to appear at the fact-finding hearing, found that he had neglected the subject child.

Ordered that the order dated December 4, 2012, is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re Jenna C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  2. In re Defonte B.-S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  3. In re Zeeyana B.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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