SCHLENDER v. SCHLENDER

Docket No. 208285.

596 N.W.2d 643 (1999)

235 Mich. App. 230

Shawn E. SCHLENDER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas E. SCHLENDER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided April 9, 1999, at 9:40 a.m.

Released for Publication July 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, LLP (by N. Stevenson Jennette, III), Grand Rapids, for the plaintiff.

Robert J. Riley, Grand Rapids, for the defendant.

Before: MICHAEL J. KELLY, P.J., and GRIBBS and FITZGERALD, JJ.


GRIBBS, J.

Defendant appeals the trial court order denying defendant's post-divorce-judgment motion for change of custody of the parties' minor child. At issue is whether the circuit court has the authority to limit the availability of evidentiary hearings in child custody cases. We reverse and remand.

The parties were divorced on August 23, 1996. The judgment of divorce provided for joint legal custody, with plaintiff having primary physical custody. On October...

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