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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 17-00660
DOCKET NOS. NA-12196-15, NA-12195-15
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 17-00661
DOCKET NOS. NA-12195-15, NA-12196-15

MATTER OF MAYCI W. AND CHASE W. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; DANIEL W., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. MATTER OF CHASE W. AND MAYCI W. ————————————————————— ————————————————— ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; DANIEL W., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

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, Erie County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on October 28, 2016, and March 7, 2017,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Kenneth W. Gibbons, Esq., filed April 6, 2017, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Charles J. Greenberg, Esq., 3840 East Robinson Road, Suite 318, Amherst, New York 14228-2001, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeals, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Erie County, provide Charles J. Greenberg, 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, Erie County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: May 16, 2017

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk