Opinion
Motion No: M-4582
01-17-2017
Rina Mais, Esq., attorney for subject child, Khalijah, A., having moved on said child's behalf for leave to respond, as a poor person, to the appeal from the order of the Family Court, Bronx County, entered on or about April 20, 2016, and for 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 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, Kenneth M. Tuccillo, Esq., 591 Warburton Avenue, #576, Hasting on Hudson, New York, NY 100706, Telephone No. (914) 439-4843, as counsel for purposes of responding to the appeal on the child's behalf; (2) permitting movant to respond to the appeal upon a reproduced respondent's brief, on condition that one copy of such brief be served upon the attorney for respondent-appellant and 8 copies thereof are filed with this Court.
Entered: January 17, 2017
_____________________ CLERK
Present: Hon. Peter Tom, Justice Presiding, David Friedman John W. Sweeny, Jr. Rolando T. Acosta Rosalyn H. Richter, Justices
M-4582