IN THE MATTER OF JOSHUA BEMAN V KRISTEN HAND
Motion No: CAF 24-01351
Slip Opinion No: 2024 NY Slip Op 74346(U)
Decided on September 10, 2024
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.


September 10, 2024

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

CAF 24-01351
Docket No: V-198-23/23B

IN THE MATTER OF JOSHUA BEMAN, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,

V

KRISTEN HAND, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.


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, Allegany County, entered May 6, 2024,

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 Brian Degnan, Esq., 81 East Main Street, Suite 206, Batavia, New York 14020, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Allegany County Family Court Clerk provide Brian Degnan, 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 record and briefs are to be filed and served within 60 days of the filing of the transcripts with the Allegany County Family Court Clerk.

Entered: September 10, 2024

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court