MATTER OF CRYSTAL F.


270 A.D.2d 163 (2000)

704 N.Y.S.2d 257

In the Matter of VIOLET CRYSTAL F. and Others, Children Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. CATHOLIC GUARDIAN SOCIETY, Respondent; BRITTON MICHAEL T., Appellant, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided March 23, 2000.


Respondent's motion to vacate his default was properly denied upon the ground that his claim that he was tending to his ailing father on the day of the hearings was not credibly substantiated (see, Matter of Male J., 214 A.D.2d 417). Also unsubstantiated were respondent's claims that he regularly visited or attempted to visit the children. His claims that he was planning for the children...

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