In re Goldstein

—In a private adoption proceeding pursuant to Domestic Relations Law article 7, Michael S. Goldstein appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Dutchess County (Brands, J.), entered May 6, 1996, as, sua sponte, reduced his agreed-upon counsel fee to $1,800.

Ordered that on the court’s own motion, the notice of appeal from the order entered May 6, 1996, is treated as an application for leave to appeal, and leave to appeal is granted (see, CPLR 5701 [b] [1]); and it is further,

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, without costs or…