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UGWECHES v. UGWECHES

3675, 314650/05.

78 A.D.3d 558 (2010)

911 N.Y.S.2d 350

AUSTEN UGWECHES, Appellant, v. TATJANA NEHHOZINA UGWECHES, Respondent.

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

Decided November 23, 2010.

While a liberal approach toward vacating defaults in matrimonial proceedings is warranted because of the important public policy of determining those actions on their merits, "it is still incumbent upon a party seeking vacatur to establish both a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious defense" (Estate of Allen v Allen, 258 A.D.2d 423 [1999]; see also Gass v Gass, 42 A.D.3d 393

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