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

CAF 21-00501 and CAF 21-00503
Docket No: NN-00507-20

IN THE MATTER OF RYKER D.M. STEUBEN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; HAILEY S.D., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Respondent-appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeals taken herein from orders of the Family Court, Steuben County, entered January 19, 2021, and March 29, 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 Veronica L. Reed, Esq., 2320 Nott Street East, Unit 9591, Schenectady, New York 12309, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeals, and

It is further ORDERED that the Steuben County Family Court Clerk provide Veronica L. Reed, Esq., with copies of all papers and transcripts of stenographic, digitally recorded, or audiotaped minutes, if any, of the proceedings upon which the appeals are based, and

It is further ORDERED that the transcripts, if any, shall be filed with the Steuben 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 records and briefs are to be filed and served within 60 days of the filing of the transcripts with the Steuben County Family Court Clerk.

Entered: June 14, 2021

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court