Opinion
Motion No. 2023-03360 No. 2023-03273 Docket Nos. V-896/20 V-12857-61/21 V-14889-23
09-07-2023
Trina L. (Grandmother) Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michelene M. (Mother) Jamell L. (Father), Respondents-Respondents. Michelene M. (Mother) Petitioner-Respondent, Brandon L., Child-Appellant.
Leslie S. Lowenstein, Esq., Attorney for Child Brandon L. Indji Bessim, Esq., Attorney for Child Jordan L., Michael Foley, Esq. Attorney for the Child Jayden L., Joseph Donohue, Esq., Attorney for Child Rihanna L., Rina Mais, Esq., Attorney for Child Sienna L.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Leslie S. Lowenstein, Esq., Attorney for Child Brandon L.
Indji Bessim, Esq., Attorney for Child Jordan L.,
Michael Foley, Esq. Attorney for the Child Jayden L.,
Joseph Donohue, Esq., Attorney for Child Rihanna L.,
Rina Mais, Esq., Attorney for Child Sienna L.
Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Presiding Justice, Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Barbara R. Kapnick Troy K. Webber Cynthia S. Kern, Justices.
Appeals having been taken to this Court from an order of the Family Court, Bronx County, entered on or about June 16, 2023, And petitioner/respondent-respondent Micheline M. having moved for leave to respond to the appeals, as a poor person, 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 the Certification of Rachel Seger Cobos, Esq. dated July 31, 2023, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of (1) assigning, pursuant to §1120 of the Family Court Act, Andrew J. Baer, Esq., 299 Broadway, Suite 1700, New York, New York 10007, Telephone No. 212-233-0318, as counsel for purposes of responding to the appeal; (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 each party to the appeal, and an original and five hard copies, and if represented by counsel, one digital copy of such brief, are filed with this Court pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1250.9.