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SECTION 549
Order of visitation
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 5, PART 4
§ 549. Order of visitation. (a) If an order of filiation is made or if
a paternity agreement or compromise is approved by the court, in the
absence of an order of custody or of visitation entered by the supreme
court the family court may make an order of custody or of visitation, in
accordance with subdivision one of section two hundred forty of the
domestic relations law, requiring one parent to permit the other to
visit the child or children at stated periods.

(b) Any order of the family court under this section shall terminate
when the supreme court makes an order of custody or of visitation
concerning the child or children, unless the supreme court continues the
order of the family court.