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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 08-00038
DOCKET NO. B-3684-07, B-3685-07

MATTER OF EDDIE S. AND JOSE T. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; EMMA C., 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, Erie County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on December 3, 2007, and for assignment of counsel, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Joseph W. Stadler, Esq., dated January 4, 2008, the notice of said motion with proof of service thereof, the affirmation of Charles D. Halvorsen, Esq., dated January 9, 2008, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Bernadette Hoppe, Esq., 508 Prospect Street, Buffalo, New York 14201, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

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

Entered: March 7, 2008

JOANN M. WAHL, Clerk