Opinion
November 9, 1995
Appeal from the Family Court, New York County (Judith Sheindlin, J.).
The ruling which respondent would have us review is contained in an unsigned, unentered transcript of the March 1, 1990 proceedings, and, as such, is nonappealable (CPLR 5512 [a]; 2219 [b]; Matter of Grosso v. Slade, 179 A.D.2d 585; Matter of Grisi v. Shainswit, 119 A.D.2d 418, 420). In any event, on the merits, respondent failed to demonstrate a meritorious defense to the abandonment proceeding (CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Matter of Celeste M., 180 A.D.2d 437), that she could have been served by a method other than publication (Family Ct Act § 617 [b]), or that her attorney was ineffective.
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Ellerin, Wallach, Asch and Tom, JJ.