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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 11-02333
DOCKET NO. V-09722-09-11D
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 11-02334
DOCKET NO. V-09722-09-11E

MATTER OF ERICA WILLIAMS, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V SHAWN EPPS, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. MATTER OF ERICA WILLIAMS, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V SHAWN EPPS, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Petitioner-appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeals taken herein from orders of the Family Court, Erie County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on October 21, 2011, and for assignment of counsel,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of David S. Sarkovics, Esq., dated November 15, 2011, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Alan Birnholz, Esq., 39 Gatehouse Lane, East Amherst, New York 14051, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeals, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Erie County, provide Alan Birnholz, 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 appeals are based.

Entered: December 15, 2011

PATRICIA L. MORGAN, Clerk