Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M104116

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PETER B. SKELOS, J.P.

FRED T. SANTUCCI

THOMAS A. DICKERSON

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JJ.

2009-11372 In the Matter of Cristella B. (Anonymous). Suffolk County Department of Social Services, petitioner-respondent; Ana A. (Anonymous), respondent-respondent; Robert C. Mitchell, etc., nonparty-appellant. (Proceeding No. 1) In the Matter of Elizabeth B. (Anonymous). Suffolk County Department of Social Services, petitioner-respondent; Ana A. (Anonymous), respondent-respondent; Robert C. Mitchell, etc., nonparty-appellant. (Proceeding No. 2) In the Matter of Jose B. (Anonymous). Suffolk County Department of Social Services, petitioner-respondent; Ana A. (Anonymous), respondent-respondent; Robert C. Mitchell, etc., nonparty-appellant. (Proceeding No. 3) (Docket Nos. NA-17187-06, NA-17188-06, NA-17189-06)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice, for leave to file an amicus curiae brief on an appeal from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County, dated November 13, 2009.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition and in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that the amicus curiae brief must be served on the parties, and nine copies filed in this court on or before June 24, 2010; and it is further,

ORDERED that no oral argument by the amicus curiae shall be permitted; and it is further,

ORDERED that the parties, if they be so advised, may file reply briefs to the amicus curiae brief within 10 days after service upon them of the amicus curiae brief.

SKELOS, J.P., SANTUCCI, DICKERSON and LEVENTHAL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court