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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 12-00015
DOCKET NO. V-00609-11
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 12-00016
DOCKET NO. NA-02086-02-11H

MATTER OF RONALD D.R., III, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V LINDA D., RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. MATTER OF AALIYAH R. RONALD D.R., III, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V LINDA D., RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel 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 24, 2011,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Jeffrey M. Harrington, Esq., dated December 23, 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, and

It is further ORDERED that the transcripts, if any, shall be filed with the Clerk of the Family Court, Erie County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: February 2, 2012

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk