Respondent's vacatur motion was denied on the ground that she had failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for her belated 10:20 A.M. appearance for a hearing which was called at 9:30 A.M. The court disbelieved respondent's affidavit statements that she was delayed by bringing another child to school that morning and then by a long line outside the courthouse. A credibility finding made on an affidavit is not entitled to deference on appeal, in contrast to a credibility...
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