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

CAF 25-00575, CAF 25-01712
Docket No: NN-7150-23

IN THE MATTER OF MADDOX B.S. ONONDAGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, KRISTOPHER STAMM, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Appeals having been taken herein from orders of the Family Court, Onondaga County, entered August 21, 2024, and July 30, 2025, and respondent-appellant having moved for a waiver of costs, fees, and expenses and for assignment of counsel on the appeal taken from the order entered July 30, 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 appeal from the order entered August 21, 2024 (CAF 25-00575), is dismissed (see Matter of Mea V. (Brandon V.), 210 AD3d 1408, 1408 [4th Dept 2022]), and

It is further ORDERED that the motion 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: October 24, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court