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Gina C. v. Michael C.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 22, 2011
87 A.D.3d 917 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

September 22, 2011.

Appeal from order, Family Court, Bronx County (Myrna Martinez-Perez, J.), entered on or about September 1, 2010, which, upon respondent's default, granted the Attorney for the Child's motion for summary judgment awarding custody of the child to petitioner, unanimously dismissed, without costs.

Before: Saxe, J.P., Friedman, Acosta, DeGrasse and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.


Respondent failed to oppose or otherwise address the motion. Thus, the order was entered upon default and is not appealable (CPLR 5511; Matter of Anthony M.W.A. [Micah W.A.], 80 AD3d 476; Matter of Jessenia Shanelle R. [Wanda Y.A.], 68 AD3d 558). Respondent's remedy was to move before Family Court to vacate his default and, if the motion were denied, to appeal from the order denying it ( Matter of Shabazz v Blackmon, 214 AD2d 770, 771, lv dismissed 95 NY2d 945).

In any event, this Court could not have conducted a meaningful review of this matter because respondent failed to meet his obligation to assemble a proper record on appeal, including all the transcripts of the proceedings ( see Sebag v Narvaez, 60 AD3d 485, lv denied 13 NY3d 711; Lynch v Consolidated Edison, Inc., 82 AD3d 442).


Summaries of

Gina C. v. Michael C.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 22, 2011
87 A.D.3d 917 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
Case details for

Gina C. v. Michael C.

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of GINA C, Respondent, v. MICHAEL C, Appellant

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

Date published: Sep 22, 2011

Citations

87 A.D.3d 917 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)