The court providently exercised its discretion in denying the mother's motion to vacate the dispositional order upon her default, since she failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for her failure to appear at the hearing and a potentially meritorious defense (see CPLR 5015[a][1]; Matter of Amirah Nicole A. [Tamika R.],
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