Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs.
The petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking custody of or visitation with her great-grandchild. The respondents are the child's parents. We affirm the denial of the petition.
A parent may not be deprived of custody of a child absent a showing of "surrender, abandonment, persisting neglect, unfitness or other like extraordinary circumstances" (Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys,
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