MASON v. SIMMONS

Docket No. 257692.

704 N.W.2d 104 (2005)

267 Mich. App. 188

Dominique Davis MASON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William SIMMONS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 28, 2005, at 9:20 a.m.

Released for Publication September 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Greg Gulick, Lansing, for the plaintiff.

Philip E. Hodgman, East Lansing, for the defendant.

Before: OWENS, P.J., and MARK J., CAVANAGH and NEFF, JJ.


NEFF, J.

In this child custody dispute, defendant father appeals as of right an order of the family division of the circuit court granting him joint legal custody of his eleven-year-old daughter, Dionna, but ordering that physical custody remain with plaintiff, the child's half-sister and legal guardian, who has had primary care of Dionna for five years following their mother's death. We affirm.

The trial court found that defendant was not entitled to the...

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