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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 18-00964
DOCKET NO. B-00396-17

MATTER OF ANTHONY J.A. GENESEE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; JASON A.A., SR., 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, Genesee County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on May 4, 2018,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Jason A.A., Sr., sworn to May 21, 2018, the certification of Mark E. Lewis, Esq., filed May 29, 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 Bridget L. Field, Esq., 45 Exchange Boulevard, Suite 802, Rochester, New York 14614, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Genesee County, is hereby directed to provide Bridget L. Field, 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, Genesee County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: August 1, 2018

MARK W. BENNETT, Clerk