Opinion
Motion No. 2023-04340 No. 2023-00014 Docket No. B-18526-17
10-24-2023
In the Matter of Ke Y. Z., Application for the Guardianship and Custody of a Child Pursuant to the Provisions of Section 384-b of the Social Services Law v. Wen Z., Respondent-Appellant, Good Shepherd Services, Petitioner-Respondent, Qiao Y. Z., Respondent-Appellant.
James Kampil, Esq.,The Legal Aid Society/JRP, Attorney for the Child.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
James Kampil, Esq.,The Legal Aid Society/JRP, Attorney for the Child.
Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Barbara R. Kapnick Troy K. Webber Cynthia S. Kern, Presiding Justice, Justices.
Respondent-appellant Qiao Y. Z. having moved for leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from an order and judgment (one paper) of the Family Court, New York County, entered on or about December 06, 2022, for the assignment of counsel, a free copy of the transcript, and for related relief, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and the certification of Kenneth Walsh, Esq., dated January 04, 2023, and due deliberation having been had thereon, it is
Ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of (1) assigning, pursuant to Article 18b of the County Law and Section 1120 of the Family Court Act, Lewis Calderon, Esq., 15503 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, N.Y., 11432, Telephone No. 718-570-6160, as counsel for purposes of prosecuting the appeal; (2) directing the Clerk of said Family Court to have transcribed the minutes of the proceedings held therein, for inclusion in the record on appeal, the cost thereof to be charged against the City of New York from funds available therefor within 30 days (FCA 1121[7]) of service of a copy of this order upon the Clerk; (3) permitting appellant to dispense with any fee for the transfer of the record from the Family Court to this Court; and (4) directing appellant to perfect this appeal, in compliance with Section 1250.9 of the Practice Rules of the Appellate Division, for the April 2024 Term of this Court. Assigned counsel is directed to immediately serve a copy of this order upon the Clerk of the Family Court. The Clerk of the Family Court shall transfer the record upon receipt of this order.
Service of appellant's brief upon respondent(s) shall include assigned counsel's copy of the transcript.