Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court properly denied the mother's motion to vacate her default in appearing at the fact-finding hearing, since she demonstrated neither a reasonable excuse for her default nor a meritorious defense to the proceeding (see, CPLR 5015; Matter of Angel Joseph S.,
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