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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NOS. CAF 17-01143 AND CAF 17-02066
DOCKET NOS. NN-06444/45-15

MATTER OF WILLIAM M., V, AND JOSIAH M. MONROE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; WILLIAM M., IV, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Respondent-appellant having applied 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, Monroe County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on June 8, 2017,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Michael A. Guarino, Esq., dated July 26, 2017, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the notice of appeal dated May 17, 2017, shall be treated as valid as to the order of Family Court entered June 8, 2017, and

It is further ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Paul B. Watkins, Esq., 115 North Main Street, Fairport, New York 14450, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Monroe County, provide Paul B. Watkins, 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, and

It is further ORDERED that the transcripts, if any, shall be filed with the Clerk of the Family Court, Monroe County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: October 4, 2017

MARK W. BENNETT, Clerk