Ordered that the orders dated October 21, 2009, and November 4, 2009, are affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
In a custody proceeding between a parent and a nonparent, the parent has a superior right to custody that cannot be denied unless the nonparent establishes that the parent has relinquished that right by surrender, abandonment, persistent neglect, unfitness, or other extraordinary circumstances (see Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys...
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