MATTER OF ADOPTION OF SMIGAJ

No. 13466.

560 P.2d 141 (1977)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Jamie Lynn SMIGAJ, a minor.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leaphart Law Firm, W. William Leaphart argued, Helena, Victor H. Fall, James M. Driscoll appeared, Helena, for appellant.

Russell LaVigne Jr., argued, Helena, for respondent.


HASWELL, Justice.

A stepfather of a seven year old female child appeals from an order dismissing his petition for adoption entered by the district court of Lewis and Clark County, Honorable Gordon R. Bennett, district judge, sitting without a jury.

The case comes to us on the basis of an agreed statement of fact in lieu of a record on appeal pursuant to Rule 9(d), M.R.App. Civ.P. The agreed facts indicate that the child, Jamie Lynn Smigaj, was adopted when...

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