Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

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2011-09238 In the Matter of Natasha M. (Anonymous). Suffolk County Department of Social Services, petitioner-respondent; Gaston Y. (Anonymous), respondent-respondent; Danielle I. Schwager, nonparty-appellant. (Docket No. N-17858-09/11E)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Appeal by Danielle I. Schwager, attorney for the child, from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County, dated October 4, 2011. By order on certification of this Court dated December 8, 2011, the following attorney was assigned as counsel for the respondent-respondent on the appeal, and was directed, inter alia, to contact the respondent-respondent and determine the respondent-respondent's interest in responding to the appeal:

Joseph Faraguna, Esq.

P.O. Box 122

Sag Harbor, N.Y. 11963

631-514-5547

By letter dated December 23, 2011, assigned counsel notified the Court that he has been unable to contact the respondent-respondent.

On the Court's own motion, 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 relieving the assigned counsel for the respondent-respondent 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 February 3, 2012; and it is further,

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court