DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The appellants failed to give the plaintiff timely notice of their motion for summary judgment (see CPLR 2103[b][2]; 2214[b]; cf Capoccia v. Brognano, 132 A.D.2d 833). Absence of proper service of a motion is a sufficient and complete excuse for a default on a motion and deprives the court of jurisdiction to entertain the motion (see Welch v. State, 261 A.D.2d 537; Golden v. Golden, 128 A.D.2d 672; Adames v. New York City Tr. Auth., 126 A.D.2d 462; Burstin v. Public Serv. Mut. Ins. Co., 98 A.D.2d 928). Furthermore, the plaintiff set forth facts sufficiently establishing that her cause of action is meritorious (see Trincere v. County of Suffolk, 90 N.Y.2d 976; Anamdi v. Anugo, 229 A.D.2d 408, 409). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the plaintiff's motion, in effect, pursuant to CPLR 5015(a)(1) to vacate her default in answering the appellants' motion for summary judgment.
SANTUCCI, J.P., SMITH, GOLDSTEIN, H. MILLER and MASTRO, JJ., concur.