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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 12-00597
DOCKET NO. V-02693-02-11E

MATTER OF CATHERINE RICE, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V MICHAEL E. MILLS, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Respondent-appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Oswego County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on February 21, 2012,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Michael Mills, sworn to March 19, 2012, the affirmation of Robert J. Gallamore, Esq., filed March 29, 2012, 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 Stephanie N. Davis, Esq., 118 West Van Buren Street, Oswego, New York 13126, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Oswego County, provide Stephanie N. Davis, 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.

Entered: May 2, 2012

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk