MATTER OF JAMES R. HOPKINS, JR. V GINA F. GELIA
Motion No: CAF 08-02258
Slip Opinion No: 2008 NYSlipOp 90867(U)
Decided on November 26, 2008
Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


November 26, 2008

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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 08-02258
DOCKET NO. F-13157-05/08D

MATTER OF JAMES R. HOPKINS, JR., PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V

GINA F. GELIA, 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 October 17, 2008, and for assignment of counsel, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of William D. Broderick, Jr., Esq., dated October 28, 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 Avenue, 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.

Entered: November 26, 2008

JOANN M. WAHL, Clerk