MATTER OF JOSEPH N.


45 A.D.3d 849 (2007)

846 N.Y.S.2d 359

In the Matter of JOSEPH N., an Infant. HEART SHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents; BRENDA E., Appellant.

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

Decided November 27, 2007.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The mother failed to appear at both the fact-finding hearing and the subsequent dispositional hearing. The mother's failure to appear at those hearings constituted a default and the Family Court properly proceeded by inquest (see Matter of David John D., 38 A.D.3d 661, 662 [2007]).

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