MATTER OF MICHAEL P.

7334.

165 A.D.3d 497 (2018)

85 N.Y.S.3d 439

2018 NY Slip Op 06856

In the Matter of Michael P., an Infant. Michael P., Appellant; Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families, Respondent.

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

Decided October 16, 2018.


Family Court properly denied the father's motion to vacate his default because he failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for his absence from the proceeding and a meritorious defense to the petition to terminate his parental rights (see Matter of Lenea'jah F. [Makeba T.S.], 105 A.D.3d 514 [1st Dept 2013]; Matter of Christopher James A. [Anne Elizabeth Pierre L.],

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