MATTER OF JAMES A.

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90 A.D.3d 515 (2011)

935 N.Y.S.2d 16

2011 NY Slip Op 9015

In the Matter of CHRISTOPHER JAMES A., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. ANNE ELIZABETH PIERRE L., Appellant; NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN, INC., Respondent.

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

Decided December 15, 2011.


Respondent mother's motion to vacate her default was properly denied because she failed to establish a reasonable excuse for her failure to appear for the fact-finding and dispositional hearings and also failed to establish a meritorious defense to the petition to terminate her parental rights (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Matter of Jones, 128 A.D.2d 403, 404 [1987]). She did not present...

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