Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The paternal grandmother commenced the instant proceeding seeking visitation with her granddaughters, despite the objections of the children's mother. Grandparents have standing to bring such proceedings where "either or both of the parents. . . is or are deceased" or where "conditions exist which equity would see fit to intervene" (Domestic Relations Law § 72; see Matter of Emanuel S. v Joseph E.,
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