Ordered that the orders are affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion when it denied the father's motion to vacate his default in the neglect proceeding. The father could not establish that his nonappearance at the fact-finding and dispositional hearings was other than willful ( see, Family Court Act § 1042 Fam. Ct. Act).
In addition, the court did not improvidently exercise its discretion when it denied the father's motion to vacate his default in the proceeding to terminate his parental rights. The father failed to establish either a reasonable excuse for his default or a meritorious defense to the proceeding ( see, CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; see also, Matter of James Edward M., III, 250 A.D.2d 685; Matter of Ann D., 239 A.D.2d 575).
The father's remaining contentions are without merit.
Mangano, P. J., O'Brien, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.