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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NOS. CAF 18-01015 AND CAF 18-01016
DOCKET NO. V-05178-15-18G
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NOS. CAF 18-01017 AND CAF 18-01018
DOCKET NO. O-01670-18

MATTER OF CARLOS M. SANCHEZ, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V ALBA M. MERCEDES, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. MATTER OF CARLOS M. SANCHEZ, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V ALBA M. MERCEDES, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Petitioner-appellant having moved 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 April 17, 2018,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavits of Carlos Sanchez, sworn to May 18, 2018, and May 21, 2018, and the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Elisabeth M. Rossow, Esq., 3099 William Street, Cheektowaga, New York 14227, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeals, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Erie County, is hereby directed to provide Elisabeth A. Rossow, 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.

Entered: July 5, 2018

MARK W. BENNETT, Clerk