2006 New York Code - Duties Of Counsel Or Law Guardian.

 
    §  354.2.  Duties  of  counsel  or  law  guardian. 1. If the court has
  entered a dispositional order pursuant to section 352.2, it shall be the
  duty of the respondent's counsel or law guardian to promptly advise such
  respondent and his parent or other person responsible for  his  care  in
  writing  of his right to appeal to the appropriate appellate division of
  the  supreme  court,  the  time  limitations  involved,  the  manner  of
  instituting  an  apppeal and obtaining a transcript of the testimony and
  the right to apply for leave to appeal as a poor person if he is  unable
  to  pay  the  cost  of  an  appeal. It shall be the further duty of such
  counsel or law guardian to explain to the respondent and his  parent  or
  person  responsible  for  his  care  the  procedures  for instituting an
  appeal, the possible reasons upon which an appeal may be based  and  the
  nature and possible consequences of the appellate process.
    2.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of such counsel or law guardian to
  ascertain whether the respondent wishes to appeal and, if so,  to  serve
  and file the necessary notice of appeal.
    3.  If the respondent has been permitted to waive the appointment of a
  law guardian pursuant to section two hundred forty-nine-a, it  shall  be
  the  duty of the court to provide the notice and explanation pursuant to
  subdivision one and, if the  respondent  indicates  that  he  wishes  to
  appeal,  the  clerk  of  the  court  shall  file and serve the notice of
  appeal.