MATTER OF ENRIQUE G. v. LISBET E.


2 A.D.3d 288 (2003)

769 N.Y.S.2d 533

In the Matter of ENRIQUE G., Respondent, v. LISBET E., Appellant.

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

December 18, 2003.


The court correctly denied respondent's motion to vacate the order of filiation granted upon her default in appearing on the return date for the paternity petition. Respondent's explanations for her absence from the proceedings were unsubstantiated and, as such, properly rejected by the court (see Matter of Derrick T., 261 A.D.2d 108, 109 [1999]). Moreover, even if respondent had a valid excuse for her absence, she provided no explanation...

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