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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 16-01336
DOCKET NO. V-00909-10-15E

MATTER OF SCOTT SHEPHERD, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V JAMIE STOCKER, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Petitioner-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, Lewis County, entered in the office of the Clerk of said Court on June 21, 2016,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Scott Shepherd, sworn to July 12, 2016, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and the statement of Joan E. McNichol, Esq., dated August 15, 2016, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Paul Deep, Esq., 2103 Genesee Street, Utica, New York 13501, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Lewis County, is hereby directed to provide Paul Deep, 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.

Entered: November 23, 2016

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk