IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT HUGHES V CHRISTIE COPES
Motion No: CAF 22-01963 and CAF 23-01530
Slip Opinion No: 2023 NY Slip Op 74967(U)
Decided on October 10, 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.


October 10, 2023

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

CAF 22-01963 and CAF 23-01530
Docket Nos: V-00337-22, V-00338-22

IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT HUGHES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V

CHRISTIE COPES, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


Petitioner-respondent having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeals taken herein from orders of the Family Court, Onondaga County, entered August 17, 2022, and August 23, 2022,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and upon the Court's own motion,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Philip Rothschild, Esq., Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society, 351 South Warren Street, Syracuse, New York 13202, is hereby assigned as counsel for petitioner-respondent herein and may submit an original, five hard copies, and one electronic copy of the respondent's brief, together with proof of service of one hard copy of the brief upon any party exempt from e-filing pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1000.17 (c) (6) (A), and

It is further ORDERED that petitioner-respondent submit his briefs to the Court, together with proof of service, on or before November 9, 2023, and the Clerk is directed to accept said briefs for filing.

Entered: October 10, 2023

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court