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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 18-01903
DOCKET NO. F-18227-06-18L

MATTER OF ROBERT N. RYDZEWSKI, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V RENEE L. GUTOWSKI, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Petitioner-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, Erie County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on July 13, 2018,

Now, upon reading and filing the statement of Robert N. Rydzewski, dated June 14, 2018, the affidavit of Robert N. Rydzewski, sworn to August 20, 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 insofar as it seeks the assignment of counsel is denied on the ground that such relief is not authorized (see Family Court Act §§ 262, 1120 [a]), and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Erie County, provide petitioner-appellant 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: November 7, 2018

MARK W. BENNETT, Clerk