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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 09-02080
DOCKET NO. A-136-09

MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF CODY FREDERICK B., JR., PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; STEVEN 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, Orleans County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on August 20, 2009, and for assignment of counsel,

Now, upon reading and filing the certifications of Sanford A. Church, Esq., dated September 25, 2009 and October 6, 2009, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Sanford A. Church, Esq., 3 East Bank Street, Albion, New York 14411, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, andIt is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Orleans County, is hereby directed to provide Sanford A. Church, 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, Orleans County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: November 19, 2009

PATRICIA L. MORGAN, Clerk