STATE EX REL. THREE IRONS v. THREE IRONS

No. 80-108.

621 P.2d 476 (1980)

STATE of Montana ex rel., Earlene THREE IRONS, Petitioner and Respondent, v. Dean Curtiss THREE IRONS, Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Michael Eakin, Montana Legal Services, argued, Hardin, Steve Bunch, argued, Montana Legal Services, Helena, for respondent and appellant.

Mike Greely, Atty. Gen., Helena, James Seykora, County Atty., Hardin, Deirdra Boggs, argued, Missoula, for petitioner and respondent.

Michael G. Garrity, Dept. of Revenue, Helena, Lynaugh, Fitzgerald, Schoppert & Skaggs, Billings, for amicus curiae.


SHEA, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order entered by the Big Horn District Court under Montana's Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, section 40-5-101 et seq., MCA, directing the appellant, Dean Curtiss Three Irons to make child support payments. Because the District Court did not have personal jurisdiction over Three Irons or subject matter jurisdiction over the transaction, we reverse.

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