Kohn v. Kohn
| Decision Date | 26 July 2011 |
| Citation | 2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 06095,928 N.Y.S.2d 55,86 A.D.3d 630 |
| Parties | Leon KOHN, appellant,v.Relli KOHN, respondent. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
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Eric Ole Thorsen, New City, N.Y., for appellant.Barbara J. Strauss, Goshen, N.Y., for respondent.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., ANITA R. FLORIO, LEONARD B. AUSTIN, and JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.
Appeal by the plaintiff, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Weiner, J.), dated June 21, 2010, as granted those branches of the defendant's motion which were (a) to vacate a prior order of the same court granting that branch of his motion which was to direct that certain interest earned on funds deposited into an escrow account be paid to him upon the defendant's default in opposing his motion, and (b) to direct that the subject interest be paid to the defendant.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
To vacate her default in opposing the plaintiff's motion, the defendant was required to demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for her default and a potentially meritorious opposition ( see Remote Meter Tech. of NY, Inc. v. Aris Realty Corp., 83 A.D.3d 1030, 922 N.Y.S.2d 440; Bazoyah v. Herschitz, 79 A.D.3d 1081, 913 N.Y.S.2d 769). A motion to vacate a default is addressed to the sound discretion of the Supreme Court ( see Dimitriadis v. Visiting Nurse Serv. of N.Y., 84 A.D.3d 1150, 923 N.Y.S.2d 691). The Supreme Court has the discretion to accept law office failure as a reasonable excuse ( see CPLR 2005), where the claim of law office failure is supported by a “detailed and credible” explanation of the default ( see Remote Meter Tech. of N.Y., Inc. v. Aris Realty Corp., 83 A.D.3d 1030, 922 N.Y.S.2d 440; Winthrop Univ. Hosp. v. Metropolitan Suburban Bus Auth., 78 A.D.3d 685, 686, 910 N.Y.S.2d 159). Here, the defendant's claim of law office failure was supported by a “detailed and credible” explanation of the default, and the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in accepting that explanation. Moreover, the defendant demonstrated the existence of a potentially meritorious opposition to the plaintiff's motion.
Furthermore, the defendant demonstrated her entitlement to the subject interest and, thus, upon vacating the defendant's default, the Supreme Court properly granted that branch of the defendant's motion which was to direct that the subject interest be paid to her ( see ...
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