Section 161 - Days and hours court open; availability of judge(a) The days and hours the court is open shall be as provided by rule of court.(b) For purposes of sections seven hundred twenty-eight and one thousand twenty-two of this act, rules of court may authorize a judge other than a judge of the family court to perform the functions of a family court judge under those sections.(c) For purposes of subdivision (a) of section four hundred thirty, subdivision (a) of section five hundred fifty, subdivision (a) of section six hundred fifty-five, subdivision (a) of section seven hundred forty, subdivision one of section eight hundred twenty-eight and subdivision (a) of section one thousand twenty-nine of this act, any magistrate is authorized to perform the functions of a family court judge as prescribed in such sections.N.Y. Family Court Law § 161