Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M116588

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MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS

LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.

2010-07926 In the Matter of Brian T. (Anonymous). Orange County Department of Social Services, respondent; Donna P. (Anonymous), appellant. (Docket No. B-6884-09)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of an assignment to prosecute an appeal from an order of the Family Court, Orange County, dated August 5, 2010.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the parties or their attorneys are directed to show cause before this Court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal in the above-entitled proceeding on the ground that the appellant has, in effect, abandoned the appeal by failing to respond to assigned counsel's correspondence, by each filing an affirmation or affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court and serving one copy of the same on each other on or before April 7, 2011; and it is further,

ORDERED that assigned counsel's motion is held in abeyance in the interim; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court, or his designee, is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the parties or their attorneys, and upon the appellant, by regular mail.

DILLON, J.P., LEVENTHAL, CHAMBERS and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court