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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 15-02172
DOCKET NO. NN5714-15-15A

MATTER OF CAIDAN G. WALTER A.G., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V ONONDAGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT, AND MONIQUE W., RESPONDENT.

Petitioner-appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Onondaga County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on December 3, 2015,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Christine M. Cook, Esq., dated January 7, 2016, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Philip Rothschild, Esq., Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society, 351 South Warren Street, Syracuse, New York 13202, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Onondaga County, provide Philip Rothschild, 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 appeal is based, and

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

Entered: February 23, 2016

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk