Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M175639

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PETER B. SKELOS, J.P.

THOMAS A. DICKERSON

JEFFREY A. COHEN

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.

2013-09556 In the Matter of Arnold Yues Agnant, appe v Sontonya D. Virgil, respondent. (Docket No. U-29773-09/12B)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION llant,

Motion by the appellant pro se for leave to prosecute an appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County, dated August 14, 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 branch of the motion which is for leave to prosecute the appeal on the original papers is denied as unnecessary (see Family Ct Act § 1116), and the appeal will be heard on the original papers (including a certified transcript of the proceedings, if any) and on the briefs of the appellant, the respondent, and the attorney for the child, if any. The parties are directed to file nine copies of their respective briefs and to serve one copy on each other (22 NYCRR 670.9[d][1][ii]; Family Ct Act § 1116); and it is further,

ORDERED that the branches of the motion which are to waive the filing fee, for free transcripts, and for the assignment of counsel are denied; and it is further,

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant's time to perfect the appeal by causing the original papers constituting the record on the appeal to be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court (see 22 NYCRR 670.9[d][2]) and by serving and filing a brief on the appeal is enlarged until July 28, 2014.

SKELOS, J.P., DICKERSON, COHEN and DUFFY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court