Court Opinion

ID: 9710997
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:22:30.143363+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:22:40.559083
License: Public Domain

M. F. Cavanagh, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result reached by the majority opinion. However, I would rely on Bowler v Bowler, 351 Mich 398; 88 NW2d 505 (1958), and the legislative intent of the Child Custody Act of 1970, MCLA 722.27; MSA 25.312(7), as authority for the proposition that where neither party specifically objects to the Friend of the Court report, it is admissible in evidence. It makes little sense to me to hold that the report, which is authorized by statute, is reviewed and considered by the trial court, and is often times the most significant factor in a trial judge’s custody determination, cannot become a part of the record except by express stipulation of the parties.