IN THE MATTER OF LEONARD P.
Motion No: CAF 22-00563
Slip Opinion No: 2022 NY Slip Op 71733(U)
Decided on September 6, 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.


September 6, 2022

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

CAF 22-00563
Docket Nos. NA-06648-20 and NA-06649-20
Docket Nos. NA-05131-21 and NA-05130-21
Docket Nos: NA-06044-21 and NA-06043-21

IN THE MATTER OF LEONARD P.



ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

KRISTOPHER P., RESPONDENT,

AND PATRICIA M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

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IN THE MATTER OF KEVIN P.

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ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

KRISTOPHER P., RESPONDENT,

AND PATRICIA M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

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IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL M.

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ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

KRISTOPHER P. RESPONDENT,

AND PATRICIA M., 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, Erie County, entered February 28, 2022,

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 Caitlin M. Connelly, Esq., 170 Manhattan Avenue, PO Box 292, Buffalo, New York 14215, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Erie County Family Court Clerk provide Caitlin M. Connelly, 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 Erie 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 Erie County Family Court Clerk.

Entered: September 6, 2022

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court