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

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 18-02038
DOCKET NO. F-17946-17-17A

MATTER OF DEBRA BARTOLOTTA, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V JASON BARTOLOTTA, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Respondent-respondent having applied 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 August 28, 2018,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Tina M. Hawthorne, Esq., dated October 17, 2018, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Pamela Thibodeau, Esq., 43 Court Street, Suite 810, Buffalo, New York 14202, is hereby assigned as counsel for respondent herein and may submit an original, five hard copies, and one digital copy of the respondent's brief, together with proof of service of one hard copy of the brief upon each party to the appeal.

Entered: December 27, 2018

MARK W. BENNETT, Clerk