MATTER OF ADOPTION OF S.L.R.

No. 80-391.

640 P.2d 886 (1982)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF S. L. R., a minor child.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided January 28, 1982.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Connor & Van Valkenburg, Missoula, for appellant.

Terry Sehestedt, Missoula, for respondent.


DALY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order issued by the District Court, Ravalli County, denying appellant's petition for the adoption of SLR, a minor child.

Appellant, the child's stepfather, raises two issues on appeal. He argues first that the trial court erred in finding that the natural father, by providing several small articles of clothing, and by paying debts unrelated to the child, had "contributed to the support" of the child. The stepfather...

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