MATTER OF JOHN B.

5571, 5571A, 5571B.

87 A.D.3d 927 (2011)

929 N.Y.S.2d 589

2011 NY Slip Op 6587

In the Matter of ALEXANDER JOHN B. and Another, Children Alleged to be Abandoned. CYNTHIA A., Appellant; CARDINAL McCLOSKEY SERVICES et al., Respondents.

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

Decided September 27, 2011.


Family Court properly exercised its discretion in denying appellant's motion to vacate the orders terminating her parental rights upon her default because her moving papers failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for her absence from the court's May 13, 2009 proceeding and a meritorious defense to the abandonment allegation (see Matter of Cain Keel L. [Derzerina L.], 78 A.D.3d 541 [2010], lv dismissed 16...

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