Legal Opinion

In re Starasia C.

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

Decided May 3, 2005PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*214Order, Family Court, New York County (Gloria Sosa-Lintner, J.), entered on or about May 28, 2003, which, in proceedings to terminate respondent mother’s parental rights with respect to the subject child on the ground of permanent neglect, denied respondent’s motion to vacate fact-finding and dispositional determinations entered on her default, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondent did not demonstrate a reasonable excuse for her failure to appear (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]). The record discloses that respondent was served with a summons and the permanent neglect petition, and that she…

2Cited by1 opinion

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