Opinion
Motion No: M-1457
06-13-2019
In the Matter of a Custody/Visitation Proceeding Under Article 6 of the Family Court Act. Leon L., also known as Leon S.L., CONFIDENTIAL Petitioner-Respondent-Appellant, Docket Nos. V-24616-14/17 v. V-24616-14/16E V-24616-14/17G Taina G., V-24616-14/16F Respondent-Appellant-Respondent.
An order of this Court having been entered on May 8, 2018 (M-6574) granting petitioner-respondent-appellant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from an order of the Family Court, Bronx County, entered on or about November 15, 2017, and assigning Michael F. Dailey, Esq., as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and a motion having been made to relieve such counsel, And an order of this Court having been entered on April 26, 2018 (M-6721/M-6723) granting, inter alia, petitioner-respondent-appellant leave to appeal from an order of the Family Court, Bronx County, entered on or about December 21, 2017, 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 striking the designation Michael F. Dailey, Esq., as assigned counsel and substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, George E. Reed, Jr., 222 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, New York 10605, Telephone No. 914-946-5000, as such counsel, to prosecute petitioner-respondent-appellant's appeal from the order of the Family Court, Bronx County, entered on or about November 15, 2017. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, andIt is further ordered, sua sponte, that the poor person relief and assignment of George E. Reed, Esq., as counsel for petitioner-respondent-appellant is extended to include the appeal from the order of the Family Court, Bronx County, entered on or about December 21, 2017, and the response to respondent-appellant-respondent's appeals.
ENTERED: June 13, 2019
__________ CLERK
Present: Hon. John W. Sweeny, Jr.Justice Presiding, Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Barbara R. Kapnick Jeffrey K. Oing Anil C. Singh, Justices
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