N.Y. Family Court Act § 447: Order of visitation

§ 447. Order of visitation. (a) In the absence of an order of custody

or of visitation entered by the supreme court, the 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 children at stated periods

without an order of protection, even where the parents are divorced and

the support order is for a child only.

(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 children, unless the supreme court continues the order of

the family court.