Ruth C. v. Gregory E.

*1025In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, and a related neglect proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (DePhillips, J.), dated May 6, 2005, which, after a hearing, awarded custody of the child to the maternal great-grandmother.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In a custody proceeding between a parent and a nonparent, “the parent has a superior right of custody that cannot be denied unless the nonparent establishes that the parent has relinquished that right due to…