PRESENT: SCUDDER, P. J., HURLBUTT, GORSKI, MARTOCHE, AND SMITH, JJ.

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 07-01911
DOCKET NOS. V-4353-02/07, V-8634-04

MATTER OF KENNETH B., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V LISA A. K., RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Petitioner-appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Monroe County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on August 21, 2007, and for assignment of counsel, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Kenneth J. B., sworn to September 19, 2007, the notice of said motion with proof of service thereof, the statement of Matthew J. Clark, Esq., dated October 2, 2007, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Edward J. Nowak, Esq., Monroe County Public Defender, 10 North Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, New York 14614, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Monroe County, is hereby directed to provide Edward J. Nowak, Esq. with copies of all papers and transcripts of stenographic, digitally recorded, or audiotaped minutes, if any, of the proceedings had and filed in said Clerk's Office upon which the appeal is based.

Entered: October 16, 2007

JOANN M. WAHL, Clerk