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ALTHOUGH THE MOTION TO DISMISS THE FORECLOSURE ACTION AS ABANDONED PURSUANT TO CPLR 3215 WAS DENIED ON A GROUND NOT RAISED BY THE PARTIES, THE ORDER WAS SELF-PRESERVED AND APPEALABLE; THE PRESENTATION OF AN ORDER OF REFERENCE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF DEFENDANT’S DEFAULT PRECLUDES A FINDING THAT THE ACTION WAS ABANDONED PURSUANT TO CPLR 3215, DESPITE THE MOTION COURT’S REJECTION OF THE ORDER AS INCOMPLETE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Dillon, over a concurrence and an extensive two-justice dissent, determined; (1) the dismissal of the foreclosure complaint as abandoned pursuant to CPLR 3215 was appealable, even though it was dismissed, sua sponte, on a ground not raised by the parties; and (2) the fact that the plaintiff submitted an order, albeit an order which was rejected for incompleteness, within one year of defendant’s default rendered  the dismissal pursuant to CPLR 3215 unavailable as a remedy:

The [motion] court employed CPLR 3215(c) reasoning, never argued by the parties, to decide a CPLR 3215(c) motion, just as in Rosenblatt [119 AD3d 45],  the court employed reasoning under CPLR 3212, which was never argued by the parties, to decide a CPLR 3212 summary judgment motion. Under the authority of either Rosenblatt or Tirado [175 AD3d 153], the analysis and reasoning of the court, in the order appealed from, although sua sponte, self-preserved the issues for appellate review because it was pursuant to the same CPLR section within which the plaintiff’s motion was based and was dispositive to the action. * * *

… [T]he plaintiff presented a proposed ex parte order of reference within the one-year statutory period. The fact that the Supreme Court rejected the order of reference as defective is beside the point, as the mere presentment of it established the plaintiff’s intent to proceed toward the entry of judgment and not to abandon the action … . Citibank, N.A. v Kerszko, 2022 NY Slip Op 00032, Second Dept 1-5-22

 

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