APPLICATION OF PETERSON ON BEHALF OF PETERSON

No. 82-496.

661 P.2d 40 (1983)

In the Matter of the Application of Katherine Irene PETERSON on Behalf of Audrey Ann Peterson for a writ of Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided April 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Sol, Sol & Wolfe, Missoula, Rosemary Boschert, Billings, for appellant.

Michael G. Eiselien, Billings, for respondent.


SHEEHY, Justice.

This is an appeal by KIP, the natural mother of AAP, from an order issued by the District Court, Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, deferring jurisdiction of a habeas corpus proceedings in Montana to an adoption proceedings pending in a Wyoming District Court.

AAP was born to KIP on March 15, 1980, in Park County, Wyoming. At the time of the child's birth, KIP was 20 years old and unemployed. In August 1980, the mother relinquished...

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