MATTER OF S.P.

No. 88-571.

786 P.2d 642 (1990)

In the Matter of Declaring S.P., C.P., H.M., J.M., K.M., Y.M., Youths in need of care.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. O'Brien, Missoula, for C.M.- Natural Father. Christopher Daly, Missoula, for B.N.- Grandmother.

Marc Racicot, Atty. Gen., Kathy Seeley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Helena, Robert L. Deschamps, III, Co. Atty., Diane Conner, Deputy, Missoula, for respondent.

William Boggs, Missoula, Guardian Ad Litem.

Kristine Davenport, Missoula, for intervenors J.K. & N.K.

Paulette Ferguson, Missoula, for J.R.- Grandmother.

Morgan Modine, Missoula, for intervenor J.S.


HARRISON, Justice.

This matter comes to us on appeal from a Missoula County District Court decision in which the parental rights of the natural father, C.M. were terminated. After finding H.M., J.M., Y.M., and K.M., youths in need of care, Judge Wheelis in his August 31, 1988 order, declared the parent-child relationship between C.M. and his four small children terminated, awarding permanent custody to the Department of Family Services (Department). The children were...

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