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ALTHOUGH THE PLAINTIFF BANK DID NOT INITIATE PROCEEDINGS TO TAKE A JUDGMENT WITHIN ONE YEAR OF DEFENDANTS’ DEFAULT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, THE DEFENDANTS HAD FILED AN UNTIMELY ANSWER WHICH WAIVED THE DEFENDANTS’ RIGHT TO SEEK DISMISSAL OF THE COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO CPLR 3215 (C) (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court in this foreclosure action, determined the defendants waived the right to seek dismissal of the complaint pursuant to CPLR3215 (c) (based on the bank’s failure to take proceedings for the entry of a default judgment within one year) by submitting an untimely answer:

In May 2016, the plaintiff commenced this action to foreclose the mortgage against … [defendants].. The defendants filed an untimely answer on December 9, 2016. * * *

Pursuant to CPLR 3215(c), “[a]n action is deemed abandoned where a default has occurred and a plaintiff has failed to take proceedings for the entry of a judgment within one year ]thereafter” … . It is not necessary for a plaintiff to actually obtain a default judgment within one year of the default in order to avoid dismissal pursuant to CPLR 3215(c) … . Nor is a plaintiff required to specifically seek the entry of a judgment within one year … . As long as the plaintiff has initiated proceedings for the entry of a judgment within one year of the default, there is no basis for dismissal of the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3215(c) ,,, .

A defendant may waive the right to seek dismissal pursuant to CPLR 3215(c) by serving an answer or taking “‘any other steps which may be viewed as a formal or informal appearance'” … . Here, the defendants waived their right to seek dismissal of the complaint insofar as asserted against them by serving an untimely answer in the action … .Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co. v Garriques, 2025 NY Slip Op 00648, Second Dept 2-5-25

Practice Point: Here the plaintiff bank did not initiate proceedings to take a default judgment within one year of defendants’ default. Defendants however where not entitled to dismissal of the complaint on that ground (CPLR 3215 (c)) because they had submitted a late answer.

 

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