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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 15-00878
DOCKET NO. G-06200-14
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 15-00879
DOCKET NO. G-06200-14

MATTER OF CHRISTA A. STOKES, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V ERIE COUNTY CHILDREN'S SERVICES, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. MATTER OF CHRISTA A. STOKES, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V ERIE COUNTY CHILDREN'S SERVICES, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Petitioner-appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeals taken herein from orders of the Family Court, Erie County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on April 23, 2015,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Christa Stokes, sworn to May 17, 2015, and the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks the assignment of counsel is denied on the ground that such relief is not authorized (see Family Court Act §§ 262, 1120 [a]), and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person is denied with leave to renew upon the submission of a new motion that includes, among other things, an affidavit setting forth sufficient facts so that the merit of the contentions can be ascertained (see CPLR § 1101 [a]).

Entered: June 15, 2015

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk