Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M60758

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GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, J.P.

PETER B. SKELOS

ROBERT A. LIFSON

RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.

2007-06699, 2007-06700, 2007-08550, 2007-08551 In the Matter of Devorah Hirsch, respondent, v Ephrayim Hirsch, appellant. (Docket No. F-01639-05)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by the appellant to stay enforcement of four orders of the Family Court, Rockland County, all entered June 19, 2007, pending hearing and determination of the appeals, and to consolidate the appeals. Cross motion by the respondent, inter alia, to dismiss the appeals and to impose a sanction upon the appellant and his attorney.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the cross motion, and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that on the court's own motion, the parties, or their attorneys, show cause before this court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the above-entitled appeals on the ground that the appellant has absconded and is no longer available to obey the mandate of this court (see Matter of Gerald G.G., 46 NY2d 1036), by filing affidavits or affirmations on that issue with the Clerk of this Court, on or before November 2, 2007, and the motion and cross motion are held in abeyance in the interim; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court, or his designee, is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause on the parties or their attorneys by regular mail.

GOLDSTEIN, J.P., SKELOS, LIFSON and BALKIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court