Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The petitioner is not the biological grandmother of the child, with whom she seeks visitation nor is she a legal grandparent by virtue of adoption. Accordingly she is not the child's "grandparent" within the meaning of Domestic Relations Law § 72 and thus has no right thereunder to seek visitation (see, Matter of Alison D. v Virginia M.,
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