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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 08-02147
DOCKET NO. B-229-08

MATTER OF SETH K. GENESEE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; SHAWN K., 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, Genesee County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on October 2, 2008, and for assignment of counsel, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Harold H. Litteer, Jr., Esq., filed October 16, 2008, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Michael Steinberg, Esq., 109 Rutgers Street, Rochester, New York 14607, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

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

Entered: November 24, 2008

JOANN M. WAHL, Clerk