Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M229864

E/afa

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

SHERI S. ROMAN, JJ.

2017-01690 In the Matter of Luis M. Valentin, respondent, v Virzhiniya Toneva Valentin, appellant. (Docket Nos. V-5706-13, V-9111-13/15I, V-9111-13, V-9111-13/16K, V-9111-13/15J, V-5706-1315J, V-5706-1315I, V-5706-1316L, V-5706-1316K, V-9111-13/16L)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by the appellant pro se for leave to prosecute an appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County, dated December 14, 2016, as a poor person and for the assignment of counsel.

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

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant is directed to show cause before this Court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that no appeal lies as of right from a nondispositional order in proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, part 3 (see Family Ct Act § 1112), and leave to appeal has not been granted, by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court on or before May 15, 2017; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's motion is held in abeyance in the interim; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court or her designee is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the parties by regular mail.

MASTRO, J.P., LEVENTHAL, AUSTIN and ROMAN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court