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

CAF 23-00194
Docket No: NA-1613-22
CAF 23-00195
Docket No: NA-1614-22

IN THE MATTER OF M.S. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; M.H., ALSO KNOWN AS M.S., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. IN THE MATTER OF G.H. ——————————————————————- ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; M.H., 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, Erie County, entered December 15, 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 Connelly, Esq., PO Box 292, Buffalo, New York 14215, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeals, and

It is further ORDERED that the Erie County Family Court Clerk provide Caitlin Connelly, 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 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 records 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: February 23, 2023

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court