MATTER OF ADOPTION OF C.R.D.

No. 89-187.

782 P.2d 1280 (1989)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF C.R.D., A Minor.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided November 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan E. Cook; Miller & Cook, Great Falls, for appellant.

Virginia Bryan, Billings, for respondent.


McDONOUGH, Justice.

J.M.S. (father) appeals the decree of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, granting the adoption of his natural daughter, C.R.D. (daughter) by respondents J.E.D. and A.C.D. (grandparents). The respondents are the maternal grandparents of the child and have been her legal guardians since 1985. In granting the petition, the District Court held that the father's consent to the adoption was not required because he failed to pay...

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