IN THE MATTER OF DANIEL J. BOYDEN V REBECCA H. MILLER IN THE MATTER OF REBECCA H. MILLER V DANIEL J. BOYDEN
Motion No: CAF 23-00357
Slip Opinion No: 2023 NY Slip Op 64592(U)
Decided on April 4, 2023
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 4, 2023

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

CAF 23-00357
Docket No: V-00948-21/21B
CAF 23-00442
Docket No: V-00948-21/21A

IN THE MATTER OF DANIEL J. BOYDEN, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,

V

REBECCA H. MILLER, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

IN THE MATTER OF REBECCA H. MILLER, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V

DANIEL J. BOYDEN, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


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, Ontario County, entered February 1, 2023, and February 6, 2023,

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 insofar as it seeks the assignment of counsel on the appeal taken from the order entered February 1, 2023 (CAF 23-00357), is denied on the ground that such relief is not authorized (see Family Court Act § 262 [a] [vi]; 1120 [a]), and

It is further ORDERED that the application insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeal taken from the order entered February 1, 2023 (CAF 23-00357), is denied with leave to renew upon the submission of a formal motion that includes, among other things, an affidavit setting forth appellant's current gross monthly household income, assets with their value, and financial obligations, along with sufficient facts so that the merit of the contentions can be ascertained, and

It is further ORDERED that the application is otherwise granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Caitlin Connelly, Esq., 170 Manhattan Avenue, PO Box 292, Buffalo, New York 14215, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal taken from the order entered February 6, 2023 (CAF 23-00442), and

It is further ORDERED that the Ontario 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 appeal is based, 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 Ontario County Family Court Clerk.

Entered: April 4, 2023

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court