In re Christopher James A.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Respondent mother’s motion to vacate her default was properly denied because she failed to establish a reasonable excuse for her failure to appear for the fact-finding and dispositional hearings and also failed to establish a meritorious defense to the petition to terminate her parental rights (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Matter of Jones, 128 AD2d 403, 404 [1987]). She did not present detailed information or documentation to substantiate her excuse that she was prevented from appearing at the hearings due to her job as a home health aide which required her to accompany a patient to a medical…
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