Smith v. Smith

Defendant husband was granted a divorce after plaintiff wife admitted adultery. No property settlement is involved. Defendant appeals because he was not awarded custody of the 5-year-old daughter. The court, after an extensive hearing, entered a decree that the court would retain custody of the child, stating in said decree: '

“That the Washtenaw county friend of the court be and she hereby is awarded the care, custody, and control of the minor child of the parties, Patricia Joyce Smith, with possession of said child hereby granted to Fred Hamil and Marguerite Hamil, maternal grandparents,…