Rjl v. Lee County Dept. of Human Res.

R.J.L. ("the mother") appeals from a judgment following a permanency hearing in a dependency case in which the juvenile court transferred physical custody of N.L., the mother's two-year-old son, from the child's foster parents in Alabama to the mother's cousins, A.C. and R.C., in Watertown, New York. On December 27, 2006, the juvenile court entered its judgment. On January 10, 2007, the mother timely appealed to this court. On January 12, the mother filed an affidavit of substantial hardship and requested the assistance of an attorney on appeal. On January 23, 2007, the juvenile court…