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Where the prior misconduct of defendant gave no evidence of adverse effect on the future welfare of the children, where the evidence showed defendant to be an affectionate, caring and dutiful mother who is devoted to her children, where the trial court had before it letters of the children to their mother, heard and saw the witnesses and conferred with the children and presumably exercised his discretion with the best interest of the children in mind, there was no showing that custody award to the mother was contrary to the best interests of the children. Bergan v. Bergan.