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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 14-00453
DOCKET NOS. V-787-04/13D, V-789-03/13D, V-790-04/13D
DOCKET NO. V-1641-13

MATTER OF CALEB K. GROFF, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V CRYSTAL RICKERT, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. MATTER OF CALEB K. GROFF, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V CRYSTAL RICKERT, 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, Cattaraugus County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on February 20, 2014,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Heather Tomes, Esq., filed March 10, 2014, and the statement of Thomas C. Brady, Esq., dated March 6, 2014, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Emily A. Vella, Esq., 378 East Main Street, Springville, New York 14141, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Cattaraugus County, provide Emily A. Vella, 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.

Entered: April 9, 2014

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk