MATTER OF LASONDRA D.
Motion No: CAF 15-02046
Slip Opinion No: 2016 NY Slip Op 65293(U)
Decided on February 18, 2016
Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


February 18, 2016

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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 15-02046
DOCKET NO. NN-00306-15
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 15-02047
DOCKET NO. NN-306-15

MATTER OF LASONDRA D.



WYOMING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

CASSANDRA D., RESPONDENT,

AND VICTOR S., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

MATTER OF LASONDRA D.

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W YOMING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

CASSANDRA D., RESPONDENT,

AND VICTOR S., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


Respondent-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, Wyoming County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on November 9, 2015, and November 18, 2015,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Merlyn E. Bissell, Esq., dated January 11, 2016, and the affidavit of Victor S., sworn to January 11, 2016, and the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Paloma A. Capanna, Esq., 633 Lake Road, Webster, New York 14580, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeals, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Wyoming County, is hereby directed to provide Paloma A. Capanna, 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, and

It is further ORDERED that the transcripts, if any, shall be filed with the Clerk of the Family Court, Wyoming County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: February 18, 2016

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk