Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M212868

E/ct

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P.

L. PRISCILLA HALL

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

BETSY BARROS, JJ.

2015-12664 Hillary Markowitz, appellant-respondent, v Jeffrey Markowitz, respondent-appellant. (Index No. 19922/09)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Cohen, Goldstein, LLP, for leave to withdraw as counsel for the respondent-appellant on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, entered November 16, 2015.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in relation or opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted, and on or before June 22, 2016, Cohen, Goldstein, LLP, shall serve its client by one of the methods specified in CPLR 2103(c), with a copy of this decision and order on motion and shall file proof of such service with the Clerk of this Court; and it is further,

ORDERED that no further proceedings shall be taken against the respondent-appellant, without leave of the Court, until the expiration of 30 days after service upon him of a copy of this decision and order on motion; and it is further,

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant-respondent's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged until August 9, 2016, and the joint record or appendix on the appeal and cross appeal (see 22 NYCRR 670.8[c][1]) and the appellant-respondent's brief must be served and filed on or before that date; and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent-appellant shall serve and file an answering brief, including his points of argument on the cross appeal, in accordance with the rules of this Court (see 22 NYCRR 670.8[c][3]).

LEVENTHAL, J.P., HALL, AUSTIN and BARROS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court