Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M173427

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RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P.

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS

JEFFREY A. COHEN

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.

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

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION titioner- ondent

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. By order to show cause dated March 3, 2014, the parties were 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, and the respondent-appellant's motion was held in abeyance in the interim.

Now, upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of the respondent-appellant's motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted, and the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements (see Matter of Ajay P., 60 AD3d 681); and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent-appellant's motion is denied as academic.

BALKIN, J.P., CHAMBERS, COHEN and DUFFY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court