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IN MATTER OF CHALLEEN

No. 13537.

563 P.2d 1120 (1977)

In the Matter of the Adoption of Wayne Gerald CHALLEEN and Michael Shane Challeen, minors.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided May 2, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeannette Ellen Berry argued, Ferguson & Berry, Missoula, for appellant.

Nadine D. Scott, argued, Butte, for respondent.

HATFIELD, Chief Justice.

The natural father appeals from an order of the second judicial district of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Silver Bow, allowing the adoption of his two minor sons, Wayne Gerald Challeen, age 7, and Michael Shane Challeen, age 6, without his consent.

These children were born in Butte, Montana, an issue of the marriage of Nancy Mae Challeen and appellant, Wayne Lawrence Challeen. Upon their divorce on November 24, 1971...

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