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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 13-01856
DOCKET NO. NN-00061-13

MATTER OF ALEXIA M.J. HERKIMER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; CHRISTOPHER W., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, AND STEPHANIE L.W., RESPONDENT.

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, Herkimer County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on September 10, 2013,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Mary M. Iocovozzi, Esq., dated January 4, 2014, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that John J. Raspante, Esq., 102 Lafayette Street, Suite 203, Utica, New York 13502, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Herkimer County, provide John J. Raspante, 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, Herkimer County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: February 3, 2014

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk