ALBANY – A state appeals court yesterday ordered that an attorney be removed as assigned appellate counsel to an 11-year-old in a paternity and visitation case because of the lawyer’s unfamiliarity with the youth’s wishes.
Contrary to state law, court administrative rules and legal canons pertaining to attorneys for the child, J. Mark McQuerrey professed he did not know his client’s position in the Broome County Family Court case when it was argued on appeal in April before the Appellate Division, Third Department, in Albany, a panel ruled yesterday in Matter of Mark T. v. Joyanna U., 504630.
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