Matter of Richard M. v Princess R.F., 2011 NY Slip Op 09194 [90 AD3d 555]

Dcmbr 20, 2011

Appellate Division, First Department

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Daniel R. Katz, New York, for appellant.

Karen P. Simmons, The Children’s Law Center, Brooklyn (Janet Neustaetter of counsel), attorney for the child.

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Jane Pearl, J.), entered on or about September 2, 2010, which denied respondent’s motion to vacate an order of filiation declaring petitioner the father of the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Family Court correctly found that respondent demonstrated neither a reasonable excuse for her failure to appear in court nor a meritorious defense to the petition ( Matter of Amirah Nicole A. [Tamika R.] , 73 AD3d 428 [2010], lv dismissed 15 NY3d 766 [2010]). Concur—Saxe, J.P., Catterson, Moskowitz and Acosta, Renwick JJ..