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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 15-01624
DOCKET NO. O-02205-14-15B
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 15-01625
DOCKET NOS. V-1727-10/15D, E AND F, V2128/2159-14/15A, B AND C

MATTER OF LAHNI THOMAS, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V GEOFFREY THOMAS, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. MATTER OF GEOFFREY D. THOMAS, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V LAHNI E. THOMAS, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeals taken herein from orders of the Family Court, Steuben County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on August 27, 2015, and September 17, 2015,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Braddock S. Pearce, Esq., dated September 23, 2015, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Ruth A. Chaffee, Esq., PO Box 428, Bath, New York 14810, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeals, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Steuben County, is hereby directed to provide Ruth A. Chaffee, 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 appeals are based.

Entered: October 28, 2015

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk