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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 11-02546
DOCKET NO. NN-00212-11, NN-00213-11

MATTER OF DAMIEN W. AND ANGELA O. ORLEANS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; KENNETH O., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Respondent-appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Orleans County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on December 7, 2011, and for assignment of counsel,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Kenneth O., sworn to November 28, 2011, and the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Leah K. Bourne, Esq., 97 Winstead Road, Rochester, New York 14609, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Orleans County, provide Leah K. Bourne, 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, Orleans County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: January 11, 2012

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk