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SCOLMAN v. SCOLMAN

No. 257.

66 Wis.2d 761 (1975)

226 N. W. 2d 388

SCOLMAN (Robert C.), Appellant, v. SCOLMAN (Connie), Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 4, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Patrick T. McMahon and McMahon & Moroney, attorneys, and Dennis P. Moroney of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Patrick T. McMahon.

For the respondent there were briefs by Jordan B. Reich and Robert G. LeBell, both of the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. LeBell.

WILKIE, C. J.

This is a divorce case. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court applied an incorrect standard in awarding the custody of the parties' fouryear-old son, now six and one-half, to the defendant-respondent mother rather than the plaintiff-appellant father.1 We conclude that the trial court did err in this respect, in according an arbitrary preference to the wife, contrary...

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