Opinion
Motion No: M-5881
01-31-2017
Angela M.-C., Plaintiff-Appellant, CONFIDENTIAL v. William L. C., Defendant-Respondent.
An appeal having been taken in a divorce action from an order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, entered on or about November 3, 2016 which: dismissed plaintiff's Family Offense Proceeding (Docket No. O-14052/14) previously consolidated with said divorce action; found no basis to re-issue a temporary order of protection against defendant husband, and referred the issue of exclusive use and occupancy of the marital residence to the trial court for further proceedings; And, plaintiff having taken an appeal from the order of the same Court and Justice, also entered on or about November 3, 2016, which denied plaintiff's CPLR 4404(b) motion to set aside the previously described order, and to reague her request for an order of protection, And, defendant-respondent having moved for leave to respond, as a poor person, to the aforesaid appeals taken from orders both entered on or about November 3, 2016, and for assignment of counsel, a free copy of the transcript, and for a temporary stay of plaintiff's motion to stay trial (M-5718) pending the determination of this motion and the assignment of counsel for defendant, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, and it is Ordered that Steven N. Feinman, Esq., One North Broadway, Suite 412, White Plains, NY 10601, Telephone No. (914) 949-8214, is assigned as counsel for purposes of responding to the aforesaid appeals. Defendant is permitted to respond to the appeal upon a reproduced respondent's brief, on condition that one copy of such brief be served upon the attorney for plaintiff-appellant and 8 copies thereof are filed with this Court. The motion is otherwise denied.
ENTERED: January 31, 2017
_____________________ CLERK
Present: Hon. David Friedman, Justice Presiding, Rolando T. Acosta Dianne T. Renwick Richard T. Andrias David B. Saxe, Justices
M-5881
Index No. 76236/13