MATTER OF THOMAS v. Coombs

• Decision Date: 22 January 2002
• Parties: In the Matter of RUTH THOMAS, Respondent,<BR>v.<BR>ARTHUR COOMBS, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

290 A.D.2d 512

736 N.Y.S.2d 264

In the Matter of RUTH THOMAS, Respondent,

v.ARTHUR COOMBS, Appellant.

Decided January 22, 2002.

Altman, J.P., Adams, Townes and Prudenti, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The Family Court properly denied the father's motion to vacate an order of protection entered upon his default in appearing for a hearing on the mother's petition. He demonstrated neither a reasonable excuse for his default nor a meritorious defense to the petition (see, CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Matter of Helen T. v Roosevelt B., 256 AD2d 583).