HOUSEHOLD FINANCE REALTY CORPORATION OF NEW YORK v. BROWN (2004)

In an action to foreclose a mortgage on real property, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (McGuirk, J.), dated April 24, 2003, as denied that branch of their motion which was to vacate a judgment of foreclosure and sale of the same court entered October 21, 2002, upon their default in answering.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

A judgment of foreclosure and sale was entered against the defendants upon their default in answering the complaint.   The defendants moved to vacate the judgment asserting a lack of jurisdiction due to improper service of process.   However, the defendants failed to rebut the prima facie evidence of proper service created by the affidavit of the plaintiff's process server (see Bankers Trust Co. of Cal. v. Tsoukas, 303 A.D.2d 343, 756 N.Y.S.2d 92;  Kaywood v. Cigpak, Inc., 258 A.D.2d 623, 685 N.Y.S.2d 770).   Thus, the motion was properly denied (see Bankers Trust Co. of Cal. v. Tsoukas, supra;  Kaywood v. Cigpak, Inc., supra ).

The defendants' remaining contentions either are not properly before this court or without merit.