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MOTION TO VACATE DEFAULT JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE WAS SUPPORTED BY A SWORN DENIAL OF SERVICE AND SPECIFIC FACTS WHICH REBUTTED THE PRESUMPTION OF PROPER SERVICE, MATTER SENT BACK FOR A HEARING (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined that defendant’s motion to vacate his default in this foreclosure action should not have been denied without a hearing to determine whether he was served. Defendant’s motion was supported by a sworn denial of service and specific facts, which was sufficient to rebut the presumption of proper service:

“Ordinarily, a process server’s affidavit of service establishes a prima facie case as to the method of service and, therefore, gives rise to a presumption of proper service” … . To be entitled to vacatur of a default judgment under CPLR 5015(a)(4), a defendant must overcome the presumption raised by the process server’s affidavit of service … . “Although bare and unsubstantiated denials are insufficient to rebut the presumption of service, a sworn denial of service containing specific facts generally rebuts the presumption of proper service established by the affidavit of service and necessitates a hearing” … . A determination as to whether service was properly made pursuant to CPLR 308(1), as here, turns on issues of credibility, which should be determined by a hearing … . Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. v Alverado, 2018 NY Slip Op 08918, Second Dept 12-26-18

 

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