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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 10-00547
DOCKET NO. NA-09392-07

MATTER OF BETHANY F. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; MICHAEL F., 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 February 24, 2010, and for assignment of counsel,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of William D. Broderick, Jr., Esq., dated March 9, 2010, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that William D. Broderick, Jr., Esq., P.O. Box 515, Elma, New York 14059, 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 William D. Broderick, Jr., 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, Erie County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: April 16, 2010

PATRICIA L. MORGAN, Clerk