It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: We reject the contention of petitioner mother that Family Court erred in granting the Law Guardian's motion to dismiss the petition seeking modification of an existing custody order without conducting a hearing. "A hearing is not automatically required whenever a parent seeks modification of a custody order" (Matter of Wurmlinger v Freer,
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