Opinion
Motion No: M-2383
07-11-2019
In the Matter of a Custody/Visitation Proceeding Under Article 6 of the Family Court Act. Corinne Frances B., Petitioner-Appellant, CONFIDENTIAL v. Docket Nos. V-10349/17 V-5270/18 Antwan M.,V-5270/18/18A Respondent-Respondent.
Anna Schissel, Esq., Lawyers for Children, Attorney for the Child.
Anna Schissel, Esq., Lawyers for Children, Attorney for the Child.
An appeal having been taken to this Court by petitioner-appellant from an order of the Family Court, New York County, entered on or about March 8, 2018, which dismissed petitioner-appellant's petition with prejudice, and required that she not refile without first obtaining leave of court, And appeals having been taken to this Court by petitioner-appellant from three interim orders of the Family Court, New York County (Docket No. V-5270/18), entered on or about May 7, 2018 And an order of this Court having been entered on April 30, 2019 (M-1396), inter alia, consolidating all appeals from the orders under Docket Nos. V-05720/18, V-5270/18/18A and V-10349/17, to the extent that they have not already been consolidated by the order of this Court entered on September 13, 2018 (M-3078) and denying petitioner's request for poor person relief without prejudice to renewal upon submission of a notarized affidavit setting forth facts sufficient to establish petitioner's indigence,And petitioner-appellant, pro se, having renewed her motion for leave to prosecute said appeal as a poor person, for the assignment of counsel, and for related relief, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, 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 §1120 of the Family Court Act, Steven P. Forbes, Esq., 155-03 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, New York 11432 Telephone No. 718-791-8444, as counsel for purposes of prosecuting the consolidated appeals; (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. The Clerk of the Family Court shall transfer the record upon receipt of this order; and (4) directing appellant to perfect the consolidated appeals, in compliance with Section 1250.9 of the Practice Rules of the Appellate Division, within 60 days of the filing of the transcripts. Assigned counsel is directed to immediately serve a copy of this order upon the Clerk of the Family Court.
ENTERED: July 11, 2019
__________ CLERK
Present - Hon. David Friedman, Justice Presiding, Rosalyn H. Richter Peter Tom Ellen Gesmer Peter H. Moulton, Justices
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