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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 08-00174
DOCKET NO. B-00722-07, B-00721-07

MATTER OF DENNIS K. A., III, AND JANET A. WYOMING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; DENNIS K. A., JR., 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, Wyoming County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on December 24, 2007, and for assignment of counsel, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Brian P. Degnan, Esq., dated January 21, 2008, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Paloma A. Capanna, Esq., 2060 Fairport Nine Mile Point Road, Suite 400, Penfield, New York 14526, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

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

Entered: March 13, 2008

JOANN M. WAHL, Clerk