Case Name: In the Matter of Elizabeth R.E., Respondent, v. Doundley A.E., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-10-04
Citations: 44 A.D.3d 332
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Elizabeth R.E., Respondent, v Doundley A.E., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 332–332

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Elizabeth R.E., Respondent, v Doundley A.E., Appellant.
[841 NYS2d 871]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Diane Kiesel, J.), entered on or about July 27, 2006, which denied respondent's motion to vacate an order of protection, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Respondent, who seeks to vacate the order of protection on the ground that petitioner suborned perjury at the hearing, submits the affidavit of a witness at the hearing stating that his testimony against respondent was false. The affidavit was purportedly sworn to before a notary in Jamaica, but lacked the authenticating certificate required by CPLR 2309 (c). Although such a defect can be corrected nunc pro tunc (see Moccia v Carrier Car Rental, Inc., 40 AD3d 504 [2007]), respondent has at no time offered to do so. Accordingly, we affirm (cf. id. at 504-505; see Mercantile Natl. Bank of Chicago v Wismer, 48 Misc 2d 275, 276 [App Term, 1st Dept 1965]). Concur—Andrias, J.P., Sullivan, Catterson, McGuire and Malone, JJ.