Opinion
Motion Nos. CAF 22-01495 CAF 22-01496 CAF 22-01497 Docket Nos. V-2452-12/20P-S O-548-21 V-02452-12/20P V-2452-12/20Q
12-09-2022
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, PERADOTTO, LINDLEY, AND NEMOYER, JJ.
Respondent-appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeals taken herein from a decision of the Family Court, Jefferson County, dated August 16, 2022, and from orders of the Family Court entered August 31, 2022, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is hereby ORDERED that the appeal from the decision dated August 16, 2022 (), is dismissed on the ground that no appeal lies from a decision (see Matter of Hankinson v Steele, 195 A.D.3d 1380, 1380-1381 [4th Dept 2021]; Kuhn v Kuhn, 129 A.D.2d 967, 967 [4th Dept 1987]), and the motion with respect to that appeal is dismissed, and
It is further ORDERED that the motion is otherwise granted, and
It is further ORDERED that John A. Cirando, Esq., 250 South Clinton Street, Suite 350, Syracuse, New York 13202, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeals, and
It is further ORDERED that the Jefferson County Family Court Clerk provide John A. Cirando, Esq., with copies of all papers and transcripts of stenographic, digitally recorded, or audiotaped minutes, if any, of the proceedings upon which the appeal is based, and
It is further ORDERED that the records and briefs are to be filed and served within 60 days of the filing of the transcripts with the Jefferson County Family Court Clerk.