It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum:
We reject the contention of petitioner father that Family Court did not have jurisdiction to award sole custody of the parties' child to respondent mother because she did not file a cross petition seeking that relief. "[T]he issue of an award of custody to any party was properly before the court [because, i]n a child custody proceeding, a court has the authority...
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