ADOPTION OF CONLEY v. WALDEN

No. 13242.

555 P.2d 960 (1976)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Christina Mae CONLEY et al., Petitioner and Appellant, v. Lois Innis WALDEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided October 20, 1976.

Rehearing Denied November 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison, Loendorf & Poston, James T. Harrison, Jr., argued, Helena, for petitioner and appellant.

Huppert & Swindlehurst, Joseph T. Swindlehurst, argued, Livingston, for respondent and respondent.


CASTLES, Justice.

This is an appeal from the refusal of the district court, Park County, to vacate an order granting a maternal grandmother's petition to adopt three minor children. This matter commenced in 1973 when petitioners Melvin Conley and Ruby Pershall, the natural parents of the children petitioned for a "Writ of Habeas Corpus" claiming the district court did not have jurisdiction to grant the adoption petition of the respondent. The district court denied...

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