Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The Family Court was not divested of jurisdiction over the custody matter by the subsequent commencement of a matrimonial action in the Supreme Court during the pendency of the Family Court proceeding (see Family Ct Act § 651 [b]; Matter of Lacarrubba v Lacarrubba,
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