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MEDINA v. MEDINA

109 A.D.2d 691 (1985)

Alfredo Medina, Respondent, v. Elizabeth Medina, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 26, 1985

Appellant's indigency is clearly established on this record, sufficient to conclude that she is a "poor person" (CPLR 1101 [a]). CPLR 1102 (a) authorizes the assignment of counsel where leave has been granted to proceed as a poor person. The courts have "broad discretionary power to assign counsel without compensation in a proper case" (Matter of Smiley, 36 N.Y.2d 433, 441) and, in the exercise of discretion, counsel has been assigned...

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