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MATTER OF MALCOME X.K.

Docket Nos. B-3308-18, 2019-02065.

179 A.D.3d 684 (2020)

113 N.Y.S.3d 575

2020 NY Slip Op 00132

In the Matter of Malcome X.K., Jr. Dutchess County Department of Community and Family Services, Respondent; Amber N.M., Appellant.

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

Decided January 8, 2020.

Ordered that the order dated February 21, 2019, is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

A parent seeking to vacate a default in a proceeding to terminate parental rights must establish a reasonable excuse for the default, as well as a potentially meritorious defense to the relief sought in the petition (see CPLR 5015[a][1]; Matter of Kamiyah D.B.V. [Myron B.], 168 A.D.3d 752, 753 [2019...

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