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

CAF 21-00740
Docket Nos: NN-00631-19, NN-00632-19, NN-00748-19, NN-00750-19

IN THE MATTER OF MEA V. AND BRANDON V. ORLEANS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; JESSICA F., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, AND BRANDON V., RESPONDENT.

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, Orleans County, entered March 4, 2021,

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 David J. Pajak, Esq., 13179 Broadway, Suite 2, Alden, New York 14004, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Orleans County Family Court Clerk provide David J. Pajak, 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 Orleans 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 Orleans County Family Court Clerk.

Entered: June 14, 2021

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court