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IN THE MATTER OF MARIE S.

55 A.D.3d 320 (2008)

865 N.Y.S.2d 68

In the Matter of GLORIA MARIE S. and Another, Children Alleged to be Abandoned. ALEX S., Appellant; LEAKE & WATTS SERVICES, INC., Respondent, et al., Respondent.

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

October 7, 2008.

Appellant's motion to vacate his default was properly denied because he failed to present a reasonable excuse for his failure to appear for the fact-finding and dispositional hearings and a meritorious defense to the petition to terminate his parental rights (Matter of Robert B. v Tina Q., 40 A.D.3d 473 [2007]). The proffered excuse was that he had also missed a prior appearance on May 2, 2006, at which the July 11 date was set,...

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