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p. 953Mental Hygiene Legal Service, on Behalf of Aliza K., Respondent-Appellant, v Michael Ford, Appellant-Respondent. Submitted March 30, 1998; decided April 7, 1998
Appeal by respondent-appellant Mental Hygiene Legal Service on behalf of Aliza K., dismissed, without costs, by the
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Court of Appeals, sua sponte, upon the ground that the appeal does not lie to the Court of Appeals from the order of the Appellate Division granting a new hearing absent the filing by respondent-appellant of a stipulation for judgment absolute in the event of an affirmance (see, NY Const, art VI, § 3 [b]; CPLR 5601).