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MATTER OF SIDNEY W.

283 A.D.2d 153 (2001)

724 N.Y.S.2d 57

In the Matter of STEPHEN SIDNEY W., a Child Alleged to be Permanently Neglected and/or Abandoned. EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES, INC., Respondent; BRUCE B., Appellant.

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

Decided May 1, 2001.

Family Court properly denied appellant's motion to vacate his default in appearing at the dispositional hearing since he failed to set forth a credible reason for failing to appear and a meritorious defense to the petition to terminate his parental rights (see, Matter of Joshua K., 272 A.D.2d 160, lv dismissed 95 N.Y.2d 959). At the time of the dispositional hearing, the child, then seven years old, had had no relationship...

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