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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 07-02301
DOCKET NO. NN-00100-07

MATTER OF GIOVANNI E., JR. ONEIDA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; GIOVANNI E., SR., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, AND STEPHANIE L., RESPONDENT.

Respondent-appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Oneida County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on September 18, 2007, and for assignment of counsel, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the amended certification of Lisa P. Denman, Esq., dated January 16, 2008, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Peter J. DiGiorgio, Jr., Esq., 2103 Genesee Street, Utica, New York 13501, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Oneida County, is hereby directed to provide Peter J. DiGiorgio, Jr., 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, Oneida County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: March 14, 2008

JOANN M. WAHL, Clerk