Opinion
No. 2021-04755 Docket No. NN-14796-19 Motion 2021-04384
01-18-2022
In the Matter of Adonis M. C., A Child Under the Age of Eighteen Years Alleged to be Abused by v. Breanna V. M., Respondent-Appellant, Carlos M. C., Respondent-Respondent. Administration for Children's Services, Petitioner-Respondent. Janet E. Sabel, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, Attorney for the Child. No. 2021-04755 Docket No. NN-14796-19
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Rolando T. Acosta, Dianne T. Renwick Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Judith J. Gische Barbara R. Kapnick, Presiding Justice, Justices.
Respondent-appellant having moved for leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken to this Court from an Order of Disposition of the Family Court, New York County, entered on or about November 23, 2021, 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 Anastasia Rivera, Esq., dated December 22, 2021, 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., 153-03 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, New York, 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, 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. 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.