RIDLEY v. RIDLEY


2 A.D.3d 159 (2003)

767 N.Y.S.2d 622

JOHN S. RIDLEY, JR., Respondent, v. BETTINA K. RIDLEY, Appellant.

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

December 4, 2003.


Defendant failed to make the requisite showing of a reasonable excuse for her default and a meritorious defense (Estate of Allen v Allen, 258 A.D.2d 423 [1999]). The unsworn letter submitted from a clinic where defendant sought treatment several months after her default was not in admissible form, and failed to establish that the default was based on illness. Even if the letter were admissible and established an excuse for the default...

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