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IN RE MARRIAGE OF HOUTCHENS

No. 87-555.

760 P.2d 71 (1988)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Rosemary HOUTCHENS, Petitioner and Respondent and Rocky J. Houtchens, Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noel K. Larrivee, Larrivee Law Offices, Missoula, for respondent and appellant.

Martha McClain, Geizler, Taylor, Newcomer & McClain, Missoula, for petitioner and respondent.

WEBER, Justice.

In this action for dissolution of the parties' marriage, the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County, awarded custody of the minor child to the mother and ordered the father to pay child support. The father appeals. We affirm.

The father raises two issues:

1. Did the District Court abuse its discretion in denying the father's request for joint custody of the child and awarding sole custody to the mother?

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