Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 22, 2002 (Thomas v. Coombs)

In a family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, the appeal is from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Segal, J.), dated August 13, 1999, which denied the father’s motion to vacate an order of protection of the same court (Grosvenor, J.), dated March 11, 1998, entered upon his default in appearing for a hearing.