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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 12-01421
DOCKET NO. G-00907-09-11G, G-00907-09/11H, V-00907-09/11I

MATTER OF RICHARD W. WHITE, JR., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V AMANDA WILCOX, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Petitioner-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, Ontario County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on June 15, 2012,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Richard White, Jr., sworn to July 23, 2012, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and the affirmation of Marybeth D. Barnet, Esq., dated August 8, 2012, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks the assignment of counsel is denied on the ground that such relief is not authorized (see Family Court Act §§ 262, 1120 [a]), and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Ontario County, provide Richard W. White, Jr., 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: August 13, 2012

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk