IN THE MATTER OF MELISSA M. WHITNEY V KEVIN A. LORD
Motion No: CAF 23-01991
Slip Opinion No: 2023 NY Slip Op 78000(U)
Decided on December 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.


December 6, 2023

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

CAF 23-01991
Docket No: O-3215-23
CAF 23-01992
Docket No: O-03247-23

IN THE MATTER OF MELISSA M. WHITNEY, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,

V

KEVIN A. LORD, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

IN THE MATTER OF KEVIN A. LORD, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V

MELISSA M. WHITNEY, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


Appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from orders of the Family Court, Monroe County, entered October 27, 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 is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that the Monroe County Public Defender, 10 North Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, New York 14614, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeals, and

It is further ORDERED that the Monroe County Family Court Clerk provide the Monroe County Public Defender, 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 records and briefs are to be filed and served within 60 days of the filing of the transcripts with the Monroe County Family Court Clerk.

Entered: December 6, 2023

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court