Legal Opinion

Matter of Rodney W. v. Josephine F.

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

Decided March 24, 2015No. 14609PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Karen I. Lupuloff, J.), entered on or about November 18, 2013, which denied respondent mother’s motion to vacate an order of custody entered in favor of petitioner father upon the mother’s default, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly denied the mother’s motion to vacate, as the record supports the court’s finding that the mother willfully defaulted at the consolidated hearing on the custody petition and the dispositional phase of the neglect petition (see Family Ct Act §§ 1042, 1055-b; see also Matter of Rozelle Tyrone Lee P., 19 AD3d 237,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re Roselle P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  2. People v. LinebergerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  3. Azmara N.G. v. Jessica Stephanie S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. STRUMPF, MEGAN M. v. AVERY, JR., STEVEN A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  2. Matter of Stephanie F. (Francy Javier A.)Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. Matter of M.D. (Moustapha D.)Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2023
  4. Matter of M.D. (Moustapha D.)Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2023
  5. Matter of Abel A. v. Imanda M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018

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