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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 16-01180
DOCKET NOS. NN-5508-5511-14
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 16-01443
DOCKET NOS. V-4698-4699-15
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 16-01629
DOCKET NOS. V-4643-4644-15

MATTER OF EDWARD M., ELAJJA M., KEVIYA M. AND WADE M. ONONDAGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; AJJA M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. MATTER OF LAKEYA P., PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V AJJA M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, EDWARD M., AND ONONDAGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS. MATTER OF DENISE E., PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V AJJA M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, EDWARD M., AND ONONDAGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

Respondent-appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeals taken herein from orders of

the Family Court, Onondaga County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on May 31, 2016,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Charles A. Keller, III, Esq., filed September 6, 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 appeals, 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 appeals are 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: September 29, 2016

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk