Matter of Tahj B.-L. (Tahjma L.)

Matter of Tahj B.-L. (Tahjma L.) (2021 NY Slip Op 01619)

Matter of Tahj B.-L. (Tahjma L.)

2021 NY Slip Op 01619

Decided on March 19, 2021

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

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Decided on March 19, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., LINDLEY, CURRAN, AND DEJOSEPH, JJ.

283 CAF 19-01625

[*1]IN THE MATTER OF TAHJ B.-L. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; TAHJMA L., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

DAVID J. PAJAK, ALDEN, FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

REBECCA HOFFMAN, BUFFALO, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

MELISSA A. CAVAGNARO, BUFFALO, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Sharon M. LoVallo, J.), entered July 31, 2019 in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b. The order denied respondent's motion to vacate a prior default order which terminated her parental rights with respect to the subject child.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Entered: March 19, 2021

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court