Fritts v. Krugh

“A judge agonizes more about reaching the right result in a contested custody issue than about any other type of decision he renders.”1

With some significant exceptions, this is a companion case to that of Harmsen v. Fizzell, 351 Mich 86, rehearing granted March 4, 1958, in which this Court dealt with a petition for writ of habeas corpus in relation to 2 children, heard before and granted by the same circuit judge because of procedural errors claimed to have been made by the same probate judge.

In this case, too, the circuit judge, after the hearing on the writ of habeas' corpus, entered orders…