Seelandt v. Seelandt

Plaintiff attacks the order of May 27, 1963, because it was based solely on statements by counsel for the parties and a conference between the trial judge and the minor, Laura Seelandt, of which no record was made. In view of the trial court’s failure to have a record made of the first proceedings, it was error to have entered the order of May 27th. Smith v. Smith (1932), 209 Wis. 605, 610, 245 N. W. 644. Plaintiff, however, thereafter moved the county court to change the custody back to herself, and a hearing was held June 7, 1963, of which a complete record was made. Since the same issue…