MATTER OF D.


239 A.D.2d 575 (1997)

658 N.Y.S.2d 983

In the Matter of Ann D., Also Known as Kendu D. Ana D., Appellant; New York Foundling Hospital, Respondent

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

May 27, 1997


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

It is well established that a party seeking to be relieved of a default must establish both a reasonable excuse for the default and the existence of a meritorious defense (see, Matter of Latisha I., 238 A.D.2d 340). Here, although the mother had a reasonable excuse for her default, she clearly failed to make any showing of a meritorious defense. The...

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