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MATTER OF TIFFANY L.

294 A.D.2d 365 (2002)

746 N.Y.S.2d 389

In the Matter of TIFFANY L., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. ST. VINCENT'S SERVICES, INC., Respondent; MILDRED L., Appellant.

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

Decided May 6, 2002.

Ordered that the order of fact-finding and 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. To vacate the default, the mother had to provide a reasonable excuse for her default and offer a meritorious defense to the proceeding (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Matter of Willie Mays J., 287 A.D.2d 504)...

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