IN RE CUSTODY OF JAMES B

Docket No. 23079.

66 Mich. App. 133 (1975)

238 N.W.2d 550

In re CUSTODY OF JAMES B

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided December 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shirley J. Burgoyne, for plaintiff.

Sempliner, Thomas & Guth, for defendant.

Before: QUINN, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and D.E. HOLBROOK, JR., JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal involves the award of custody of a four-year-old child to the defendant husband in a divorce action. Resolution of the appeal depends on the "best interests of the child" as defined by MCLA 722.23; MSA 25.312(3). Subsection (i) of MCLA 722.23 provides "the reasonable preference of the child, if the court deems the child to be of sufficient age to express preference". The trial judge declined to...

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