In re Harriett S.

—Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Alma Cordova, J.), entered on or about April 15, 1998, which, insofar as appealed from, denied respondent’s motion to vacate an order of disposition, entered on or about January 12, 1998, terminating respondent’s parental rights to the subject child upon a finding of abandonment, following respondent’s failure to appear at fact-finding and dispositional hearings, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion was properly denied for failure to show a meritorious defense (CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; see, Matter of Derrick T., 261 AD2d 108). Respondent’s claim that he…