MATTER OF TYRONE F. v. MARIAH O.

7226A. 7226.

165 A.D.3d 433 (2018)

85 N.Y.S.3d 46

2018 NY Slip Op 06617

In the Matter of Tyrone F., Respondent, v. Mariah O., Appellant. In the Matter of Sayoni S.S.F., an Infant. Mariah O., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent; Tyrone F., Respondent.

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

Decided October 4, 2018.


The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the motion to vacate the mother's default because the moving papers failed to demonstrate both a reasonable excuse and a meritorious defense (see Matter of Tyieyanna L. [Twanya McK.], 94 A.D.3d 494 [1st Dept 2012]). The mother's claim that she missed the January 30, 2017 hearing because she lacked the funds for travel from Georgia to the Bronx was unsubstantiated and...

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