Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M147528

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2012-02466 In the Matter of Leroy Hefley, respondent, v Booker Tony Favors III, appellant. (Docket No. O-25026/11)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Appeal by Booker Tony Favors III from an order of the Family Court, Queens County, dated February 28, 2012. By order on certification of this Court dated October 23, 2012, the following attorney was assigned as counsel for the respondent on the appeal, and was directed, inter alia, to contact the respondent and determine the respondent's interest in responding to the appeal:

Helene Chowes, Esq.

401 Broadway - Suite 1507

New York, N.Y. 10013

212-431-9550

By letter dated November 29, 2012, assigned counsel notified the Court that she has been unable to contact the respondent.

On the Court's own motion, it is

ORDERED that the parties or their attorneys are directed to show cause before this Court why an order should or should not be made and entered relieving the assigned counsel for the respondent by each filing an affirmation or affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court and serving one copy of the same on each other on or before December 28, 2012; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court, or her designee, is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the parties or their attorneys, and upon the respondent, by regular mail.

ENG, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court