MATTER OF BESSETTE

No. 13247.

551 P.2d 653 (1976)

In the Matter of Declaring George Ernest BESSETTE, Jr. and Jean Paul Bessette, youths in need of care.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided June 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Campbell (argued), Missoula, for appellant.

Patrick M. Springer, Randy Schwickert (argued), Kalispell, Thomas H. Mahan (argued), Helena, for respondent.


DALY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the mother of two minor children from an order of the district court, Flathead County, the Hon. Robert C. Sykes presiding, declaring the children to be abused and neglected and awarding permanent custody to the State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services with the right to grant adoption.

On January 7, 1975, George Ernest Bessette, Jr., age 3 and Jean Paul Bessette, age 2, the minor sons of Lynn Marie Bessette...

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