MATTER OF LEE C.

1373.

67 A.D.3d 437 (2009)

888 N.Y.S.2d 41

2009 NY Slip Op 07952

In the Matter of CIARA LEE C., a Child Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. LOURDES R., Appellant; EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES et al., Respondents.

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

Decided November 5, 2009.


Respondent's vacatur motion was properly denied on the ground that she failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for her belated appearance when she was aware of the date for the fact-finding and dispositional hearing almost three months earlier, took no steps to ascertain the time she was required to appear in court, and failed to notify the court or her attorney that she was going to her methadone program before she was due in...

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