Werner v Bench
Motion No: 2023-10371
Slip Opinion No: 2025 NY Slip Op 83196(U)
Decided on December 24, 2025
Appellate Division, Second 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.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M310288

E/kl

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

MARK C. DILLON

COLLEEN D. DUFFY

BETSY BARROS

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

2023-10371

Kimberly Werner, appellant,

v William Bench, respondent.

(Index No. 2246/2017)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

On the Court's own motion, it is

ORDERED that the orders on certification dated November 19, 2025, and December 22, 2025, in the above-entitled case are recalled and vacated, and the following order on certification is substituted therefor:

Appeal by Kimberly Werner from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, dated October 6, 2023. Pursuant to Family Court Act §§ 1118 and 1120, and upon the certification of Marilyn Faust, dated June 6, 2025, it is

ORDERED that pursuant to Family Court Act § 1120, the following named attorney is assigned as the attorney for the children on the appeal:

Warren S. Hecht

118-21 Queens Blvd., Suite 518

Forest Hills, NY 11375

929-224-2132

and it is further,

ORDERED that Marilyn Faust is directed to turn over all papers in the proceeding to the new attorney for the children herein assigned.

LASALLE, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY, BARROS and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court

The Case Manager assigned to this case is Ms. Landaverde. Please contact her at [email protected] or 718-722-6487 with any questions.