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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 07-01739
DOCKET NOS. NN-856-06, NN-857-06

MATTER OF JULIA R. ORLEANS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; STACEE L., RESPONDENT, AND JEFF R., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Respondent-appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Orleans County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on August 6, 2007, and for assignment of counsel, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Harold H. Litteer, Jr., Esq., filed August 31, 2007, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that James S. Hinman, Esq., 16 East Main Street, Suite 260, 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, Orleans County, is hereby directed to provide James S. Hinman, 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, and

It is further ORDERED that the transcripts, if any, shall be filed with the Clerk of the Family Court, Orleans County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: October 23, 2007

JOANN M. WAHL, Clerk