It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: On appeal from an order granting sole custody of the subject child to petitioner, who is the child's paternal grandmother (grandmother), respondent mother contends that there was no showing of extraordinary circumstances warranting an inquiry into whether an award of custody to a nonparent is in the child's best interests. We reject that contention.
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