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

CAF 23-01956
Docket Nos: NN-586-20/23D, NN-588-20/23D, NN-589-20/23D,
NN-590-20/23D, NN-591-20/23D

IN THE MATTER OF SCOTT TOUSLEY, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, NAOMI GARCIA-HENRIQUEZ, AND SAVANNAH ADAMS, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

Petitioner-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, Jefferson County, entered September 21, 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 Peter DiGiorgio, Jr., Esq., 2103 Genesee Street, Utica, New York 13501, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Jefferson County Family Court Clerk provide Peter DiGiorgio, Jr., 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson County Family Court Clerk.

Entered: December 18, 2023

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court