PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, CARNI, AND VALENTINO, JJ.

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 12-02245
DOCKET NO. B-00698-11-12A, B-00699-11/12A

MATTER OF JADA G. AND JONATHAN G. WYOMING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; MARCELLA G., RESPONDENT, AND JONATHAN C., 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, Wyoming County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on November 28, 2012,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Peter M. Casey, Esq., dated December 6, 2012, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Norman P. Effman, Esq., Wyoming-Attica Legal Aid Society, 18 Linwood Avenue, Warsaw, New York 14569, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Wyoming County, provide Norman P. Effman, 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, Wyoming County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7), and

It is further ORDERED that the notice of appeal filed December 3, 2012, shall be treated as valid as to the order of Family Court entered November 28, 2012.

Entered: January 14, 2013

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk