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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 07-02303
DOCKET NO. B-120-06

MATTER OF MEREDITH S. F. ALLEGANY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; RAYMOND F., 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, Allegany County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on October 15, 2007, and for assignment of counsel, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Fern S. Adelstein, Esq., dated November 6, 2007, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Mathew B. Tully, Esq., 3 Wembley Court, Albany, New York 12205, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Allegany County, is hereby directed to provide Mathew B. Tully, 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, Allegany County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: December 10, 2007

JOANN M. WAHL, Clerk