Morales v. Marma
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
A party seeking to vacate a default must establish a reasonable excuse for the default and a potentially meritorious defense (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Lueders v Boma-Lueders, 85 AD3d 1130 [2011]; Matter of Petulla v Petulla, 85 AD3d 925 [2011]). “The question of ‘whether to relieve a party of an order entered on default is a matter left to the sound discretion of the court’ ” (Matter of Lee v Morgan, 67 AD3d 681, 682 [2009], quoting Matter of Fierro v Fierro, 211 AD2d 676, 678 [1995]). However, “orders entered upon default are disfavored in child support cases” (Matter of Gabriel v Cooper, 26…
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