Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M292995

AFA/

VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P.

JOSEPH J. MALTESE

DEBORAH A. DOWLING

HELEN VOUTSINAS, JJ.

2022-10426 Lauren Anderson Ritchie, appellant, v James Macleod Ritchie, respondent. (Index No. 202134/2011)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

2023-04588

Lauren Anderson Ritchie, appellant,

v James Macleod Ritchie, respondent.

(Index No. 202134/2011)

Appeals from two orders of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated November 2, 2022, and February 14, 2023, respectively. Motion by the appellant to consolidate the appeals and to extend the time to perfect the appeal from the order dated November 2, 2022. Separate motion

by the appellant to stay enforcement of the order dated November 2, 2022, pending hearing and determination of the appeals.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motions and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to consolidate the appeals is denied as unnecessary as the appeals may be consolidated as of right (see 22 NYCRR 1250.9[f][3]); and it is further,

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to extend the time to perfect the appeal from the order dated November 2, 2022, is granted, and on or before January 12, 2024, the appellant shall serve and file the record or appendix and the appellant's brief via NYSCEF, if applicable, or, if NYSCEF is not mandated, serve the record or appendix and the appellant's brief and upload digital copies of the record or appendix and the appellant's brief, with proof of service thereof, through the digital portal on this Court's website; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to stay enforcement of the order dated November 2, 2022, is denied; and it is further,

ORDERED on the Court's own motion, the time for the appellant to perfect the appeal from the order dated February 14, 2023, is extended, and on or before January 12, 2024, the appellant shall serve and file the record or appendix and the appellant's brief via NYSCEF, if applicable, or, if NYSCEF is not mandated, serve the record or appendix and the appellant's brief and upload digital copies of the record or appendix and the appellant's brief, with proof of service thereof, through the digital portal on this Court's website.

BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., MALTESE, DOWLING and VOUTSINAS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Acting Clerk of the Court