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MATTER OF CHANTEL C.

Docket No. V-03988-19. Appeal No. 12621. Case No. 2019-05094.

189 A.D.3d 532 (2020)

133 N.Y.S.3d 827

2020 NY Slip Op 07490

In the Matter of Chantel C., Petitioner; Gloria D., Appellant, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided December 15, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie S. Lowenstein , Woodmere, for appellant.

Janet Neustaetter , The Children's Law Center, Brooklyn ( Chai Park of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Gische, González, Scarpulla, Mendez, JJ.

Family Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the mother's motion to vacate the order granting petitioner Chantel C., the child's adult half-sister, sole legal and physical custody of the child upon the mother's default. In support of her motion to vacate, the mother failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for having missed two court appearances and failing to appear after receiving a notice of inquest (see CPLR 5015[a][1]; Matter of Messiah G....

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