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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 18-00082
DOCKET NO. B-8515-16
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 18-00083
DOCKET NO. B-8516-16
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 18-00084
DOCKET NO. B-8517-16

MATTER OF ASHANTE H. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; MEKO H., SR., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. MATTER OF DEVANTE H. ————————————————————— ————————————————— ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; MEKO H., SR., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. MATTER OF MEKO H., JR. ————————————————————&mdash ;————————————————— ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; MEKO H., SR., 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 December 26, 2017,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Joseph J. Scinta, Jr., Esq., filed January 12, 2018, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that David J. Pajak, Esq., 13179 Broadway, Suite 2, Alden, New York 14004, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeals, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Erie County, provide David J. Pajak, 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: March 1, 2018

MARK W. BENNETT, Clerk