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CGC-20-588105. Eight causes of action. Eighty-nine register entries. Three rejected defaults. One family gets the benefit of every procedural doubt. The other gets sanctioned four hundred dollars at a time.
The Appellate Division, Second Department rules: the default did not occur. The blanket deletion order was not tailored as precisely as possible to the exact needs of the case. 214 A.D.3d 890. Two holdings that dismantle the foundation. The Family Court does not act.
Tara appeals the battery verdict. Three arguments. The appellate court finds none of them persuasive. The jury's findings survive review. The judgment is domesticated in the same county where the family court orders remain in effect.
After the verdict, after the appeal, the story becomes what institutions could not hold — a permanent archive. Five independent archives survived every silencing attempt. In December 2025, a motion arrived in Westchester asking a single question: were the orders that govern a child's life ever lawfully entered?