MATTER OF DESTINY V.
Motion No: CAF 12-01044
Slip Opinion No: 2012 NY Slip Op 79158(U)
Decided on July 10, 2012
Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


July 10, 2012

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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 12-01044
DOCKET NO. B-15229-11

MATTER OF DESTINY V.



ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

LYNETTE V., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


Respondent-appellant having applied 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, Erie County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on May 21, 2012,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Jordan I. Thomas, Esq., filed June 11, 2012, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Kathryn B. Friedman, Esq., 51 Lancaster Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14222, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Erie County, provide Kathryn B. Friedman, 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, Erie County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: July 10, 2012

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk