Opinion
Motion No. CAF 23-00961 Docket No: V-892-20/22B C D
07-25-2023
IN THE MATTER OF KRISTIE SMITH, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. MATTHEW GRIMES, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, PERADOTTO, LINDLEY, AND CURRAN, JJ.
Petitioner-respondent having applied 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, Cattaraugus County, entered March 27, 2023,
Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the application, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is hereby ORDERED that the application 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 application insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person is granted.