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MATTER OF RENEE N.

258 A.D.2d 274 (1999)

685 N.Y.S.2d 61

In the Matter of RENEE N. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abandoned. JEROME N., Appellant; FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEMS UNLIMITED, INC., et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 4, 1999.

Vacatur of respondent's default at the fact-finding hearing was properly denied for failure to show a meritorious defense to the finding of abandonment. Respondent's claims that either he or the children's mother attempted on numerous occasions to contact the agency during the abandonment period are unsubstantiated and insufficient to warrant relief. Nor did respondent show a meritorious defense to the disposition (see, Matter of Baby Girl S., 240...

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