Opinion
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 15-01812 DOCKET NO. NN-02345-15
11-16-2015
MATTER OF GAIGE F. v. NIAGARA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; CAROLYN F., 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, Niagara County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on September 25, 2015,
Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Carolyn F., sworn to October 14, 2015, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and the statement of Brian D. Seaman, Esq., dated November 2, 2015, and due deliberation having been had thereon,
It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted, and
It is further ORDERED that David J. Farrugia, Esq., Niagara County Public Defender, 175 Hawley Street, Lockport, New York 14094, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and
It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Niagara County, is hereby directed to provide David J. Farrugia, Esq., with copies of all papers and transcripts of stenographic, digitally recorded, or audiotaped minutes, if any, of the proceedings had and filed in said Clerk's Office upon which the appeal is based, and
It is further ORDERED that the transcripts, if any, shall be filed with the Clerk of the Family Court, Niagara County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).
Entered: November 16, 2015
FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk