Opinion
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 16-01812 DOCKET NO. F-18589-06-16C
12-21-2016
MATTER OF ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ON BEHALF OF JOANNE BIGGINS, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. VALERIE CIULIS, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.
PRESENT:
Respondent-appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Erie County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on August 2, 2016,
Now, upon reading and filing the affidavits of Valerie Ciulis and Patricia M. McGrath, Esq., sworn to December 1, 2016, and the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and due deliberation having been had thereon,
It is hereby ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks the assignment of counsel is denied on the ground that such relief is not authorized (see Family Court Act §§ 262, 1120 [a]), and
It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person is denied with leave to renew upon the submission of a new motion that includes, among other things, an affidavit setting forth sufficient facts so that the merit of the contentions can be ascertained (see CPLR 1101 [a]).
Entered: December 21, 2016
FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk