Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M170439

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PETER B. SKELOS, J.P.

THOMAS A. DICKERSON

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

L. PRISCILLA HALL, JJ.

2014-00032 In the Matter of Atlantis D. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, petitioner- respondent; Deidre D. (Anonymous), respondent- appellant. (Docket No. N-32371-13)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by the respondent-appellant pro se for leave to prosecute an appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County, dated November 29, 2013, as a poor person and for the assignment of counsel.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, 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 dismissing the appeal in the above-entitled proceeding as academic as the order dated November 29, 2013 has expired by its own terms (see Matter of Ajay P., 60 AD3d 681), 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 March 26, 2014; and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent-appellant's motion is held in abeyance in the interim; 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 by regular mail.

SKELOS, J.P., DICKERSON, LEVENTHAL and HALL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court