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Guardsman says Iraq service cost him custody
August 22, 2005 - 9:13AM |
GRAND
LEDGE (AP) - A Michigan Army National Guard member says that
he lost shared custody of his ten-year-old son because he
served in Iraq last year.
Specialist Joe McNeilly, 33,
of Grand Ledge agreed to give temporary full-time custody to
the mother of his son Joey. But after he returned from Iraq,
an Ingham County court referee recommended against restoring
his shared custody.
The court and mother Holly Erb of
Mason say McNeilly's deployment didn't cause the loss of
custody.
State Representative Rick Jones says he'll
develop legislation to bar courts from counting soldiers'
military duty against them in custody cases.
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