Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M299697

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2024-08665, 2024-08668, 2024-08669, 2024-06871, 2024-08672 In the Matter of Zev E. (Anonymous). Rockland County Department of Social Services, petitioner-respondent; Aron E. (Anonymous), et al., respondents-appellants. (Proceeding No. 1) In the Matter of Meir E. (Anonymous). Rockland County Department of Social Services, petitioner-respondent; Aron E. (Anonymous), et al., respondents-appellants. (Proceeding No. 2) In the Matter of Yocheved E. (Anonymous). Rockland County Department of Social Services, petitioner-respondent; Aron E. (Anonymous), et al., respondents-appellants. (Proceeding No. 3) (Docket Nos. NA-2213-2024, NA-2214-2024, NN-2218-2024, NN-2216-2024, NN-2217-2024, NN

SCHEDULING ORDER -2215-2024)

Appeals by Aron E. and Lea E. from four orders of the Family Court, Rockland County, dated July 26, 2024, and one order dated July 29, 2024, respectively. Pursuant to § 670.3(b) of the rules of this Court (22 NYCRR 670.3[b]), it is

ORDERED that the appeals in the above-entitled proceedings shall be perfected within 60 days after the receipt by the appellants of the transcripts of the minutes of the proceedings in the Family Court, and the appellants shall notify this Court by letter of the date the transcripts are received, or, if there are no minutes of proceedings to be transcribed, within 60 days of the date of this scheduling order; and it is further,

ORDERED that within 30 days after the date of this scheduling order, the appellants shall file in the office of the Clerk of this Court one of the following:

(1) an affidavit or affirmation stating that there are no minutes of the Family Court proceedings to be transcribed for the appeals; or

(2) if there are such minutes, an affidavit or affirmation stating that the transcript has been received, and indicating the date that it was received; or

(3) if the transcript has not been received, an affidavit or affirmation stating that it has been ordered and paid for, the date thereof, and the date by which the transcript is expected; or

(4) if the appellants are indigent and cannot afford to obtain the minutes or perfect the appeals, a motion in this Court for leave to prosecute the appeals as a poor person and for the assignment of counsel, pursuant to the requirements of CPLR 1101. Such a motion must be supported by an affidavit from the appellants, stating either that they qualified for assigned counsel upon application to the Family Court and that their financial statuses have not changed since that time, or that they had retained counsel or appeared pro se in the Family Court, and listing their assets and income; or

(5) an affidavit or an affirmation withdrawing the appeals; and it is further,

ORDERED that if none of the actions described in (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) above has been taken within 30 days of the date of this scheduling order, the Clerk of this Court shall issue an order to all parties to the appeals to show cause why the appeals should or should not be dismissed.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court

The Case Manager assigned to this case is Ms. Vazquez. Please contact her at [email protected] or 718-722-6488 with any questions.