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MOTHER DID NOT DEFAULT IN THIS NEGLECT PROCEEDING BECAUSE HER ATTORNEY WAS PRESENT AND MOTHER’S ATTORNEY’S REQUEST FOR AN ADJOURNMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED.

The Fourth Department, reversing Family Court in this neglect proceeding, determined the matter should not have been disposed of based upon the mother’s purported default and mother’s attorney’s request for an adjournment should have been granted. The court noted that when, as here, a party’s attorney is present and participates in the proceeding a default finding is improper:

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“As we have repeatedly held, a respondent who fails to appear personally in a matter but nonetheless is represented by counsel who is present when the case is called is not in default in that matter” … . Moreover, inasmuch as the mother’s counsel objected on ten occasions during the inquest, this is not a situation where a default could be found based, at least in part, upon counsel’s ” election to stand mute’ ” during the inquest … . …

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We further agree with the mother that the court abused its discretion in denying her counsel’s request to adjourn the hearing. The request was based on the fact that the mother was unable to attend the hearing owing to illness. It is well settled that the grant or denial of a request for an adjournment for any purpose is a matter resting within the sound discretion of the trial court … . Here, the record demonstrates that the mother contacted her counsel and petitioner prior to the hearing to report her illness, that the proceedings in this matter were not protracted, that the mother personally appeared at all prior proceedings, and that the request for an adjournment was the mother’s first… . Matter of Cameron B., 2017 NY Slip Op 03299, 4th Dept 4-28-17

 

FAMILY LAW (MOTHER DID NOT DEFAULT IN THIS NEGLECT PROCEEDING BECAUSE HER ATTORNEY WAS PRESENT AND MOTHER’S ATTORNEY’S REQUEST FOR AN ADJOURNMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED)/DEFAULT (FAMILY LAW, MOTHER DID NOT DEFAULT IN THIS NEGLECT PROCEEDING BECAUSE HER ATTORNEY WAS PRESENT AND MOTHER’S ATTORNEY’S REQUEST FOR AN ADJOURNMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED)/ADJOURNMENTS (FAMILY LAW, MOTHER DID NOT DEFAULT IN THIS NEGLECT PROCEEDING BECAUSE HER ATTORNEY WAS PRESENT AND MOTHER’S ATTORNEY’S REQUEST FOR AN ADJOURNMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED)

April 28, 2017/by CurlyHost
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