In re Brittany Annette M.

The mother’s motion to vacate her default was properly denied because she failed to present a reasonable excuse for her failure to appear for the fact-finding and dispositional hearings and a meritorious defense to the petition to terminate her parental rights (see Matter of Gloria Marie S., 55 AD3d 320 [2008], lv dismissed 11 NY3d 909 [2009]; Matter of Kristen Simone V., 30 AD3d 174 [2006]). The mother did not present an affidavit in support of her claimed excuses for failing to appear for the hearings, after a pattern of missing prior court appearances, nor did she present any evidence to…