IN THE MATTER OF MALACHI S., ALSO KNOWN AS MALACHI W.
Motion No: CAF 20-00718
Slip Opinion No: 2020 NY Slip Op 68654(U)
Decided on July 7, 2020
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.


July 7, 2020

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

CAF 20-00718
Docket No: B-11001-17

IN THE MATTER OF MALACHI S., ALSO KNOWN AS MALACHI W.



MONROE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

MICHAEL W., 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, Monroe County, entered March 23, 2020,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the application, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Paul B. Watkins, Esq., 115 North Main Street, Fairport, New York 14450, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Monroe County Family Court Clerk provide Paul B. Watkins, 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 transcripts, if any, shall be filed with the Monroe County Family Court Clerk, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7), 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 Monroe County Family Court Clerk.

Entered: July 7, 2020

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court