Opinion
Motion No. 2023-00650 Case No. 2022-05602 Docket Nos. NA-06340-21 NA-06341-21
03-23-2023
In the Matter of Luisa V. M., Milangela D. M., Children Under 18 Years of Age Alleged to be Abused by Simon S., Respondent-Appellant, Maria D., Respondent-Appellant. Administration for Children's Services, Petitioner-Respondent.
Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, Attorney for the Children.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, Attorney for the Children.
PRESENT: Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Acting Presiding Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Barbara R. Kapnick Troy K. Webber Cynthia S. Kern, Justices.
Respondent-appellant Maria D., having moved for leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from the Decision After Fact Finding of the Family Court, Bronx County, entered on or about November 18, 2022, and from the Order of Disposition, same Court, entered on or about November 21, 2022, 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 Allaina B. Sines, Esq., dated February 06, 2023, 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, Lewis Calderon, Esq., 153-03 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, N.Y., 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.