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MATTER OF MEAJAY B.

Docket No. NN-15595/17, NN-15596/17. Appeal No. 12330. Case No. 2019-4914.

188 A.D.3d 449 (2020)

131 N.Y.S.3d 876

2020 NY Slip Op 06379

In the Matter of Meajay B. and Another, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Latrice B., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided November 10, 2020.

The court providently exercised its discretion in denying respondent's motion to vacate her default on the grounds that her failure to appear at the fact-finding hearing was willful and she failed to show a meritorious defense to the petition (Family Ct Act § 1042; compare CPLR 5015[a][1]; see Matter of Stephanie F. [Francy Javier A.], 132 A.D.3d 611 [1st Dept 2015]). Respondent...

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