IN THE MATTER OF ZANDER J.W.
Motion No: CAF 22-00288
Slip Opinion No: 2022 NY Slip Op 64112(U)
Decided on April 1, 2022
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.


April 1, 2022

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

CAF 22-00288
Docket No: B-00155-21

IN THE MATTER OF ZANDER J.W.



ORLEANS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

ERIK 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 a decision of the Family Court, Orleans County, entered December 21, 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 appeal is dismissed on the ground that no appeal lies from a decision (see Matter of Hankinson v Steele, 195 AD3d 1380, 1380-1381 [4th Dept 2021]; Kuhn v Kuhn, 129 AD2d 967, 967 [4th Dept 1987]), and

It is further ORDERED that the application is dismissed.

Entered: April 1, 2022

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court