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

CAF 25-00668
Docket No: NN-161-24

IN THE MATTER OF ALEENA M. ONONDAGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; ROSE J., RESPONDENT, AND THOMAS M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Respondent-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, Onondaga County, entered March 17, 2025,

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 Thomas Pelych, Esq., 226 Main Street, Hornell, New York 14843, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Onondaga County Family Court Clerk provide Thomas Pelych, 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 Onondaga 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 Onondaga County Family Court Clerk.

Entered: May 20, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court