Opinion
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 18-00723 DOCKET NO. V-3837-17
10-16-2018
MATTER OF HEATHER SHELLEY, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. VINCENT TESTA, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT, AND LISA BELL, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.
PRESENT:
Petitioner-respondent having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Onondaga County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on March 30, 2018,
Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Heather Shelley, sworn to August 13, 2018, the certification of Robert F. Rhinehart, Esq., dated September 11, 2018, and the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and due deliberation having been had thereon,
It is hereby ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks the assignment of counsel is denied on the ground that such relief is not authorized (see Family Court Act §§ 262, 1120 [a]), and
It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person is granted.
Entered: October 16, 2018
MARK W. BENNETT, Clerk