MATTER OF MICHAEL S.
Motion No: CAF 12-00126
Slip Opinion No: 2012 NY Slip Op 81633(U)
Decided on August 7, 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.


August 7, 2012

PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., FAHEY, LINDLEY, SCONIERS, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 12-00126
DOCKET NOS. NN-00993-10, B-01196-11

MATTER OF MICHAEL S.



HERKIMER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

RACHEL W., RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

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SIMONE M. SHAHEEN, ESQ., ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD,

APPELLANT.


Respondent-respondent 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, Herkimer County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on December 15, 2011,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Albert F. Lawrence, Esq., dated July 3, 2012, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Albert F. Lawrence, Esq., PO Box 368, Greenfield Center, New York 12833, is hereby assigned as counsel for respondent.

Entered: August 7, 2012

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk