IN THE MATTER OF ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ON BEHALF OF NAZMA AKHTER V MOHAMMAD Q. ISLAM
Motion No: CAF 25-00518
Slip Opinion No: 2025 NY Slip Op 69142(U)
Decided on April 7, 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.


April 7, 2025

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

CAF 25-00518
Docket No: F-03893-24/24A

IN THE MATTER OF ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

ON BEHALF OF NAZMA AKHTER, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V

MOHAMMAD Q. ISLAM, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


Respondent-appellant having moved 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, Erie County, entered February 10, 2025,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks the assignment of counsel is denied on the ground that such relief is not authorized (see Family Court Act §§ 262, 1120 [a]), and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person is denied, with leave to renew upon the filing and service of a new motion that includes, among other things, an affidavit setting forth sufficient facts so that the merit of the contentions can be ascertained (see CPLR 1101 [a]; 22 NYCRR 1250.4 [d] [2] [i]).

Entered: April 7, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court