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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 11-01399
DOCKET NO. NN-12358-09

MATTER OF SAMAJ B. MONROE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; TOWANDA H.-B., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, AND WADE B., RESPONDENT.

Respondent-appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Monroe County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on June 30, 2011, and for assignment of counsel,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Jon Stern, Esq., filed July 12, 2011, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Timothy P. Donaher, Esq., Monroe County Public Defender, 10 North Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, New York 14614, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Monroe County, provide Timothy P. Donaher, 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, Monroe County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: August 4, 2011

PATRICIA L. MORGAN, Clerk