Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the father's contention, the Family Court is authorized to award an attorney's fee in a proceeding brought pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 to modify the visitation provisions of a stipulation of settlement that was not embodied in a court order or incorporated into a judgment of divorce. Family Court Act § 651 (b) grants the Family Court "the same powers possessed by the supreme court" in custody and visitation proceedings initiated in the Family Court. Domestic Relations Law § 237 (b) authorizes the Supreme Court to award an attorney's fee in proceedings "concerning custody [and] visitation . . . of a child" when warranted under the circumstances of the case. Since this proceeding concerns visitation of a child, the Family Court was statutorily empowered to award the mother an attorney's fee ( see Matter of O'Shea v. Parker, 16 AD3d 510; Matter of O'Neil v. O'Neil, 193 AD2d 16; see also Matter of Dowd v. White, 155 AD2d 459).
The father's remaining contention is without merit.