Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court properly denied the appellant's motion to vacate the order of disposition dated January 13, 2004, entered upon his default in appearing at the dispositional hearing. Under the circumstances of this case, the Family Court correctly concluded that the appellant "willfully refused to appear at the hearing" (Family Ct Act § 1042; see Matter of Clifford J.,
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