FROWNER v. SMITH

Docket No. 305704.

820 N.W.2d 235 (2012)

296 Mich. App. 374

FROWNER v. SMITH.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided April 26, 2012, at 9:05 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra M. Larson , Northville for Herbert and Deborah Frowner.

Lamonte A. Smith in propria persona.

Before: BORRELLO, P.J., and BECKERING and GLEICHER, JJ.


GLEICHER, J.

This is a child-custody dispute between a noncustodial father and the child's maternal grandparents, the boy's third-party custodians. The circuit court refused to evaluate whether the child's best interests would be served by awarding custody to Lamonte Smith, the boy's father, based on its determination that Smith failed to demonstrate proper cause or change of circumstances. Contrary to the circuit court's ruling, the constitutionally based presumption...

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