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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 18-00178
DOCKET NO. B-01844-16-17A

MATTER OF DOMINIC T.M. NIAGARA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; CASSIE M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

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, Niagara County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on January 9, 2018,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Cassie M., sworn to January 26, 2018, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and the statement of Brian D. Seaman, Esq., dated February 13, 2018, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Kathleen A. Kugler, Esq., Niagara County Conflict Defender, 169 Niagara Street, Lockport, New York 14094, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Niagara County, is hereby directed to provide Kathleen A. Kugler, 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, Niagara County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: March 21, 2018

MARK W. BENNETT, Clerk