Appellant's motion to vacate was properly denied given his failure to demonstrate a meritorious defense (see CPLR 5015 [a]).
The mother's affidavits of alleged paternity, sworn to on penalty of perjury, provided sufficient support for a finding of paternity by estoppel (Matter of South Carolina Dept. of Social Servs. v Starks,
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