In the Matter of a Family Offense Proceeding Under Article 8 of the Family Court Act. Militza L.

Motion No: M-1552

Slip Opinion No: 2017 NYSlipOp 75981(U)

Decided on June 6, 2017

Appellate Division, First Department, Motion Decision

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.

June 6, 2017

In the Matter of a Family Offense

Proceeding Under Article 8 of

the Family Court Act.

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Militza L., CONFIDENTIAL

Petitioner-Respondent, Docket No. O-10176/16

v

Ramon Luis C.,

Respondent-Appellant.

Petitioner-respondent having moved for leave to respond, as a poor person, to the appeal taken from the order of the Family Court, Bronx County, entered on or about July 5, 2016, and for assignment of counsel, a free copy of the transcript, and for related relief, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to

the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent

of (1) assigning, pursuant to §1120 of the Family Court Act, Leslie S. Lowenstein, Esq., 567 Sunset Drive, Woodmere, NY

11598, Telephone No. (516) 374-1962, as counsel for purposes

of responding to the appeal; (2) permitting movant to respond

to the appeal upon a reproduced respondent's brief, on condition that one copy of such brief be served upon the attorney for

respondent-appellant and 8 copies thereof are filed with this Court. The appeal, currently calendared for the September 2017 Term of this Court (Cal. No. 2479) is, sua sponte, adjourned to the October 2017 Term. ENTERED: June 6, 2017

_____________________ CLERK

Present: Hon. Rolando T. Acosta, Presiding Justice, Peter Tom David Friedman John W. Sweeny, Jr. Dianne T. Renwick, Justices

M-1552