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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 16-00949
DOCKET NOS. B-407-14, B-408-14, B-410-14, B-409-14,
B-411-14, B-412-14, B-414-14 AND B-413-14

MATTER OF JASON B., LAURA B., SARA B., AND MIRANDA B. YATES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; GERALD B., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, AND PHYLLIS B., RESPONDENT.

Respondent-appellant having moved 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, Yates County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on May 18, 2016,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Gerald E.B., sworn to June 20, 2016, the certification of Robert L. Gosper, Esq., filed June 24, 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 Cara A. Waldman, Esq., PO Box 1701, Fairport, New York 14450, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Yates County, provide Cara A. Waldman, 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, Yates County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: July 29, 2016

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk