IN THE MATTER OF STEPHEN C. PINE V JEAN M. KIRK
Motion No: CAF 24-02055
Slip Opinion No: 2025 NY Slip Op 61051(U)
Decided on January 13, 2025
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.


January 13, 2025

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

CAF 24-02055
Docket No: V-00156-19/24X

IN THE MATTER OF STEPHEN C. PINE, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,

V

JEAN M. KIRK, 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, Seneca County, entered November 25, 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 insofar as it seeks the assignment of counsel is denied on the ground that such relief is not authorized (see Family Court Act §§ 262 [a] [vi], 1120 [a]), and

It is further ORDERED that the application insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person is denied, with leave to renew upon the filing and service of a motion that includes, among other things, an affidavit setting forth appellant's gross monthly income, assets with their value, and financial obligations, along with sufficient facts so that the merit of the contentions can be ascertained.

Entered: January 13, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court