           SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
             Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

1337
CAF 13-00611
PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., FAHEY, VALENTINO, WHALEN, AND DEJOSEPH, JJ.


IN THE MATTER OF CLEOPHUS B.
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ONEIDA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,                   ORDER
PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

TORRENCE B., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


PETER J. DIGIORGIO, JR., UTICA, FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

LISA P. DENMAN, UTICA, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

JOHN G. KOSLOSKY, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD, UTICA.


     Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Oneida County (James R.
Griffith, J.), entered February 27, 2013 in a proceeding pursuant to
Social Services Law § 384-b. The order, among other things,
terminated the parental rights of respondent and transferred
guardianship and custody of the subject child to petitioner.

     Now, upon reading and filing the stipulation of discontinuance
signed by the attorneys for the parties on September 16 and 22, 2014,

     It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed
without costs upon stipulation.




Entered:    January 2, 2015                        Frances E. Cafarell
                                                   Clerk of the Court
