IN THE MATTER OF JOHN A. PORTER, III V SHAIQUIDA B. HAYES
Motion No: CAF 25-01062
Slip Opinion No: 2025 NY Slip Op 73299(U)
Decided on July 22, 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.


July 22, 2025

PRESENT: CURRAN, J.P., MONTOUR, OGDEN, GREENWOOD, AND NOWAK, JJ.

CAF 25-01062
Docket No: F-04002-12/25J

IN THE MATTER OF JOHN A. PORTER, III, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,

V

SHAIQUIDA B. HAYES, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.


Petitioner-appellant having moved for a waiver of costs, fees, and expenses and for assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Onondaga County, entered March 7, 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 notice of appeal dated March 7, 2025, shall be treated as valid as to the order of Family Court entered April 23, 2025, and

It is further 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 a waiver of costs, fees, and expenses 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: July 22, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court