IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF SOPHIA
Motion No: CAF 19-02018
Slip Opinion No: 2019 NY Slip Op 86680(U)
Decided on December 17, 2019
Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


December 17, 2019

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

CAF 19-02018
Docket No. A-02507-19 (A-23-19)
Docket No: A-02506-19 (A-21-19)

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF SOPHIA



TAMMY M.W. AND JAMES M.W., PETITIONERS-RESPONDENTS;

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IRHAD, R., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF MADELYN

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TAMMY M.W. AND JAMES M.W., PETITIONERS-RESPONDENTS;

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IRHAD R., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


Respondent-appellant 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, Oneida County, entered October 21, 2019,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Michael T. Johnson, Esq., 283 Genesee Street, Utica, New York 13501-3805, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Oneida County, provide Michael J. Johnson, Esq., with copies of all papers and transcripts of stenographic, digitally recorded, or audiotaped minutes, if any, of the proceedings upon which the appeal is based, and

It is further ORDERED that the record and briefs are to be filed and served within 60 days of the filing of the transcripts with the Oneida County Family Court Clerk's Office.

Entered: December 17, 2019

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court