Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M234295

E/ct

L. PRISCILLA HALL, J.P.

SANDRA L. SGROI

SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX

ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.

2017-00360 In the Matter of Julius C. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, petitioner-respondent; Ebony W. (Anonymous), respondent-appellant; Julius C. (Anonymous), et al., nonparty-respondents. (Proceeding No. 1) In the Matter of Zahir W. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, petitioner-respondent; Ebony W. (Anonymous), respondent-appellant; Julius C. (Anonymous), et al., nonparty-respondents. (Proceeding No. 2) (Docket Nos. N-20329-16, N-20330-16, V-21221-16, V-24507-14/16C)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the petitioner-respondent to enlarge the time to serve and file a brief on an appeal from an order of the Family Court, Queens County, dated December 21, 2016. Cross motion by the appellant, in effect, to preclude the petitioner-respondent from filing a brief and for a preference in the calendaring the appeal.

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

ORDERED that the motion is granted, the time for the respondent Administration for Children's Services to serve and file a brief on the appeal is enlarged until July 14, 2017, and the brief of the respondent Administration for Children's Services must be served and filed on or before that date; and it is further,

ORDERED that no further enlargement of time shall be granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branch of the cross motion which is for a preference in the calendaring of the appeal is denied as unnecessary (see Family Ct Act § 1112[a]; CPLR 5521[b]); and it is further,

ORDERED that the cross motion is otherwise denied.

HALL, J.P., SGROI, HINDS-RADIX and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court