Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff asserts that the court did not have jurisdiction to grant the subject divorce because the parties impermissibly nominated a Judicial Hearing Officer (hereinafter JHO), and the order referring the matter to a Special Referee was not signed by a judge.
A JHO derives authority from an order of reference by the court (see CPLR 4311), which can be made only upon the consent of the parties,...
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