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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 08-02488
DOCKET NOS. V-00232-08/08A, V-00233-08/08A

MATTER OF JEAN WELLINGTON, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V ANTONIO RICCARDO, JR., RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Petitioner-appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Herkimer County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on November 20, 2008, and for assignment of counsel, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Carl V. Graziadei, Esq., dated December 2, 2008, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Abbie Goldbas, Esq., 1900 Bleecker 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, Herkimer County, is hereby directed to provide Abbie Goldbas, 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: December 24, 2008

JOANN M. WAHL, Clerk