Opinion
CAF 04-01066.
March 18, 2005.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Patricia A. Maxwell, J.), entered February 5, 2004 in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied in part respondent's motion to vacate an order entered upon respondent's default.
Before: Green, J.P., Scudder, Kehoe, Smith and Hayes, JJ.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Family Court properly denied in part the motion of respondent to vacate an order entered upon her default in appearing at the fact-finding and dispositional hearings in this proceeding seeking, inter alia, termination of her parental rights regarding Unique M.C. Respondent failed to meet her burden of providing a reasonable excuse for her default or a meritorious defense to the proceeding ( see Matter of Vanessa F., 9 AD3d 464; Matter of Ricky V., 4 AD3d 368).