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HELTZEL v. HELTZEL

Docket No. 232736.

638 N.W.2d 123 (2001)

248 Mich. App. 1

Charles Lee HELTZEL, Plaintiff, v. Crystal S. HELTZEL, a/k/a Crystal S. Tapia, Defendant-Appellant, and John Yonkers and Robin Yonkers, Intervenors-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided October 23, 2001, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication January 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois Jewell and John H. Vetne, Niles, Salisbury, MA, for Crystal S. Heltzel.

Westrate & Holmstrom, P.C. (by Roosevelt Thomas), Dowagiac, for the appellee.

Judith Fox, South Bend, IN, for Notre Dame Legal Aid Clinic.

Karen S. Sendelbach, Ann Arbor, for Family Law Section, State Bar of Michigan.

Ann L. Routt, Ann Arbor, for Domestic Violence Project, Inc./Safe House.

Before: GRIFFIN, P.J., and GAGE and METER, JJ.

GAGE, J.

In this child custody dispute, defendant appeals as of right a trial court order awarding John and Robin Yonkers physical custody of the minor child and granting defendant and the Yonkerses joint legal custody of the minor. The trial court concluded that defendant, the biological mother of the minor, failed to make the showing necessary to overcome the statutory presumption favoring the minor's continued placement...

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