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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 545 CAF 12-02266 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., FAHEY, LINDLEY, VALENTINO, AND WHALEN, JJ. IN THE MATTER OF JOSEPH E.K. ----------------------------------- NIAGARA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL MEMORANDUM AND ORDER SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; LITHIA K., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. DAVID J. FARRUGIA, PUBLIC DEFENDER, LOCKPORT (MARY-JEAN BOWMAN OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. ABRAHAM J. PLATT, LOCKPORT, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT. MARY ANNE CONNELL, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD, BUFFALO. Appeal from an order of the…