Opinion
Motion No. CAF 24-00136 Docket No. V-10314-19/23B
02-07-2024
IN THE MATTER OF LAUREEN SMITH, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT. v. WOODROW ABRAMS, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT,
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, LINDLEY, CURRAN, AND BANNISTER, JJ.
Respondent-appellant having applied 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 December 15, 2023, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the application, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is hereby ORDERED that the notice of appeal dated December 26, 2023, shall be treated as valid as to the order of Family Court entered December 15, 2023, under Family Court docket number V-10314-19/23B, and
It is further ORDERED that the application is granted, and
It is further ORDERED that Charles Greenberg, Esq., 3840 East Robinson Road, Suite 318, Amherst, New York 14228, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and
It is further ORDERED that the Erie County Family Court Clerk provide Charles Greenberg, Esq., with copies of all papers and transcripts of stenographic, digitally recorded, or audiotaped minutes, if any, of the proceedings upon which the appeal is based, and
It is further ORDERED that the record and briefs are to be filed and served within 60 days of the filing of the transcripts with the Erie County Family Court Clerk.