Order unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum:
"Family Court's `determination regarding custody * * * based upon a first-hand assessment of the credibility of the witnesses after an evidentiary hearing, is entitled to great weight and will not be set aside unless it lacks an evidentiary basis in the record'" (Matter of Stappenbeck v Sitter,
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