MATTER OF NICHOLAS J.R.
Motion No: CAF 10-00914
Slip Opinion No: 2010 NY Slip Op 75829(U)
Decided on June 23, 2010
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.


June 23, 2010

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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 10-00914
DOCKET NO. NA-01003-09

MATTER OF NICHOLAS J.R.



CATTARAUGUS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

JAMIE L.R., 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, Cattaraugus County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on April 8, 2010, and for assignment of counsel,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Schavon R. Morgan, Esq., dated April 26, 2010, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that John A. Cirando, Esq., 101 South Salina Street, Suite 1010, Syracuse, New York 13202, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Cattaraugus County, is hereby directed to provide John A. Cirando, 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, Cattaraugus County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: June 23, 2010

PATRICIA L. MORGAN, Clerk