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

CAF 23-01558
Docket Nos: NN-00912-22, NN-03088-20

IN THE MATTER OF MAXINE L. AND ISHMAEL L. ONEIDA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; TAJIONNA P., RESPONDENT, AND ROMEL L., 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, Oneida County, entered June 1, 2023,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the applications, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the applications are granted, and

It is further ORDERED that John J. Raspante, Esq., 209 Elizabeth Street, Suite 404, Utica, New York 13501, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Oneida County Family Court Clerk provide John J. Raspante, 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 Oneida 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 Oneida County Family Court Clerk.

Entered: November 3, 2023

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court