Matter of Nelson v Hernandez
Annotate this CaseDecided on November 14, 2012
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKAPPELLATE DIVISION : SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.
ANITA R. FLORIO
SANDRA L. SGROI
ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.
2011-08864
(Docket No. O-20399-10)
[*1]In the Matter of Scott M. Nelson, respondent,
v
Pedro Hernandez, appellant.
Yasmin Daley Duncan, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.
Paul B. Guttenberg, Syosset, N.Y., attorney for the children.
DECISION & ORDER
In a family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, Pedro Hernandez appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Lebwohl, J.), dated August 4, 2011, which denied his motion to vacate an order of protection of the same court dated April 29, 2011, entered upon his default in appearing at a hearing.
ORDERED that the order dated August 4, 2011, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court properly denied Pedro Hernandez's motion to vacate an order of protection entered upon his default in appearing at a hearing. A party seeking to vacate an order entered upon default must establish that there was a reasonable excuse for the default and a potentially meritorious defense (see Adolph H. Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland, Inc. v Needleman, 90 AD3d 791). Here, Hernandez failed to satisfy that standard.
Hernandez's remaining contention is without merit.
ENG, P.J., FLORIO, SGROI and MILLER, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court
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