MATTER OF PATERNITY OF C.G.

No. 86-573.

740 P.2d 1139 (1987)

In re the Matter of the PATERNITY OF C.G., a minor. Steve WEBER, Petitioner and Respondent, v. Paul VAN DE KOP, Intervenor and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matteucci & Falcon, Daniel L. Falcon, Great Falls, for intervenor and appellant.

Lynch & Best, Elizabeth A. Best, Great Falls, for petitioner and respondent.


GULBRANDSON, Justice.

Paul Van De Kop appeals a Teton County District Court order awarding the custody of C.G., an infant, to his natural father, Steve Weber. We restate appellant's issues as (1) whether the District Court applied the correct test in determining the question of custody; and (2) whether the court properly concluded that the best interest of the child would be served by awarding custody to the natural father. We affirm.

In June 1985, R.G. gave...

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