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.,
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