IN THE MATTER OF BILLY RON ADAMS, JR., AND LYDIA C. ADAMS V STEPHEN R. JOHN AND MICHELLE J. ADAMS
Motion No: CAF 22-01996
Slip Opinion No: 2023 NY Slip Op 73018(U)
Decided on September 6, 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.


September 6, 2023

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

CAF 22-01996
Docket No: V-00308-21

IN THE MATTER OF BILLY RON ADAMS, JR.,

AND LYDIA C. ADAMS, PETITIONERS-RESPONDENTS,

V

STEPHEN R. JOHN, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT,

AND MICHELLE J. ADAMS, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


Petitioners-respondents having applied for permission to proceed as poor persons and for assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Ontario County, entered December 7, 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 insofar as it seeks the assignment of counsel is denied on the ground that such relief is not authorized (see Family Court Act §§ 262, 1120 [a]), and

It is further ORDERED that the application insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as poor persons is granted.

Entered: September 6, 2023

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court