Siwik v. Siwik

Appellants appeal from Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Harry Dingeman’s determination that six-year-old Eugene Siwik, Jr., should be in the custody of his mother instead of in the custody of his paternal grandparents.

Eugene Siwik, Jr., was born on August 23, 1972. In September of 1976, his mother brought him to the Reppenhagen’s with the understanding that he would stay there until she "got her head together”. On November 10, 1977, the Wayne County Circuit Court granted plaintiff, who is not a party to the present dispute, a default judgment of divorce. The judgment also granted custody of…