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

DOCKET NO. CA 15-01952
(Index No. 12-10593)

IN THE MATTER OF STEVEN I. GOLDSTEIN, AS GENERAL DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, PETITIONER, FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN FOR WILLIE COWART ALSO KNOWN AS WILLIE COWART, SR., AN INCAPACITATED PERSON, RESPONDENT, TERLESA COWART, APPELLANT; CATHOLIC FAMILY CENTER, AS GUARDIAN OF WILLIE COWART ALSO KNOWN AS WILLIE COWART, SR., AND INCAPACITATED PERSON, RESPONDENT.

Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Monroe on July 13, 2015, and having moved for an extension of time to perfect the appeal,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavits of Terlesa Cowart sworn to August 6, 2015, and December 15, 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 for permission to proceed as a poor person is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the County of Monroe is hereby directed to provide appellant with copies of all 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, along with one copy of any other paper or document on file in the Clerk's Office that is relevant and necessary to the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that appellant shall pay costs and fees and any sum expended by the County of Monroe in providing the aforesaid stenographic copy out of any recovery by judgment or settlement, and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks an extension of time to

perfect the appeal is dismissed as premature (see 22 NYCRR 1000.13 [f]).

Entered: December 31, 2015

Frances E. Cafarell, Clerk