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MATTER OF MAREN R. v. ROBERT R.

Docket No. V-15529/17. Appeal No. 14885. Case No. 2020-00912.

200 A.D.3d 583 (2021)

155 N.Y.S.3d 759

2021 NY Slip Op 07091

In the Matter of Maren R., Respondent, v. Manoch Robert R., Appellant.

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

Decided December 21, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Kahn , New York, for appellant.

Larry S. Bachner , New York, for respondent.

Karen Freedman , Lawyers for Children, Inc., New York ( Shirim Nothenberg of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Oing, Singh, Scarpulla, Pitt, JJ.

While the father had a statutory right to counsel in these proceedings (see Family Ct Act § 262[a]), he also "had the right to waive counsel and proceed pro se, provided he did so knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily" (Matter of Angel N. v Elizabeth A., 169 A.D.3d 596, 596-597 [1st Dept 2019]). "Where a party unequivocally and timely asserts the right to self-representation, the court must conduct a searching inquiry...

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