Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M70884

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REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

DAVID S. RITTER

HOWARD MILLER

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2008-02828 In the Matter of Craig Berkham, Sr., respondent, v Adele Vessia, appellant. (Docket Nos. V-652-07, V-1962-07)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant, in effect, to relieve counsel assigned to represent the appellant in the Family Court, Suffolk County, on an appeal from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County, dated January 30, 2008, for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person, for the assignment of counsel to prosecute the appeal, and to enlarge the time to perfect the appeal.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that the branches of the motion which are for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person and for the assignment of counsel to prosecute the appeal are denied with leave to the appellant to renew, on or before June 18, 2008, upon the submission of proper papers establishing that she is entitled to poor person relief and her affidavit setting forth her full financial situation including all assets, including the value of her house and the sum of any equity that she has in her house, as well as any and all sources of income, from all sources, and expenses; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branches of the motion which are to relieve counsel and for an enlargement of time to perfect the appeal are held in abeyance in the interim.

RIVERA, J.P., RITTER, MILLER and DILLON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court