The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in denying respondent's motion to vacate her default, since she failed to demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious defense (see CPLR 5015[a][1]). There were unexplained ambiguities and glaring gaps in the documents submitted as to the exact dates of respondent's purported hospitalization, which failed to establish that she was unable
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