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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 11-00118
DOCKET NO. B-7168-2007, B-7169-2007, B-7170-2007

MATTER OF TIOSHA J., TAMARI, J., AND KAMARI J. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; THOMAS J., 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 December 21, 2010, and for assignment of counsel,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Kenneth W. Gibbons, Esq., dated January 10, 2011, the statement of Charles D. Halvorsen, Esq., dated January 18, 2011, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Evelyn O'Sullivan, Esq., 137 Glen Oak, Amherst, New York 14051, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Erie County, provide Evelyn O'Sullivan, 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: February 18, 2011

PATRICIA L. MORGAN, Clerk