BROOKS v. BROOKS


223 A.D.2d 524 (1996)

636 N.Y.S.2d 114

Bonnie M. Brooks, Respondent, v. Keith M. Brooks, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

January 8, 1996


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

We agree with the determination of the Supreme Court that the defendant husband failed to offer a sufficient excuse for not having served an answer to the complaint. In addition, the defendant husband, who voluntarily absented himself from the courtroom prior to the commencement of testimony at the inquest herein, failed to offer a sufficient excuse for his default. Under these circumstances it was not improper for the...

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