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MATTER OF NELSON v. HERNANDEZ

2011-08864.

100 A.D.3d 761 (2012)

953 N.Y.S.2d 881

In the Matter of SCOTT M. NELSON, Respondent, v. PEDRO HERNANDEZ, Appellant.

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

November 14, 2012.

Ordered that the order dated August 4, 2011, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The Family Court properly denied Pedro Hernandez's motion to vacate an order of protection entered upon his default in appearing at a hearing. A party seeking to vacate an order entered upon default must establish that there was a reasonable excuse for the default and a potentially meritorious defense (see Adolph H. Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland, Inc. v Needleman,<...

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