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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 17-01141
DOCKET NO. P-00601-16

MATTER OF RICHARD K.H., PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V EMILIE P., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, AND GERALD F.M., RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Respondent-appellant having moved 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, Lewis County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on June 2, 2017,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Emilie M.P., sworn to September 14, 2017, the certification of Lydia L. Young, Esq., dated September 18, 2017, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and the statement of Krystal A. Rupert, Esq., dated October 3, 2017, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Peter J. DiGiorgio, Jr., Esq., 2103 Genesee Street, Utica, New York 13501, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Lewis County, is hereby directed to provide Peter J. DiGiorgio, Jr., 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.

Entered: October 20, 2017

MARK W. BENNETT, Clerk