MATTER OF CHRISTINE PROCTOR-SHIELDS v. SHIELDS

2009-09533 (Docket No. F-8121-08).

74 A.D.3d 1347 (2010)

904 N.Y.S.2d 183

In the Matter of CHRISTINE PROCTOR-SHIELDS, Respondent, v. JOHN SHIELDS, Appellant.

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

Decided June 29, 2010.


Ordered that the order dated June 11, 2009 is affirmed, with costs.

This Court has adopted a liberal policy with respect to vacating defaults entered as to child support "because the state's interest in the marital res and related issues such as child support and custody favors dispositions on the merits" (Matter of Pinto v Putnam County Support Collection Unit, 295 A.D.2d 350, 351 [2002]). Nonetheless, it remains incumbent...

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