MATTER OF ADOPTION OF S.P.M.

No. 93-469.

880 P.2d 297 (1994)

In re the Matter of the ADOPTION OF S.P.M.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided September 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Yeshe, Helena, for appellant.

Deirdre Caughlan; Dunlap & Caughlan, Butte, for respondent.


HARRISON, Justice.

Appellant J.M. appeals dismissal by the Third Judicial District Court, Powell County, of her petition for adoption of her husband's natural child, S.P.M. We affirm.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred when it held that a parent's consent to adoption was required under a specific set of circumstances.

S.P.M. was born to R.M. and M.S. on July 21, 1986. R.M. and M.S. divorced in April 1987, while living in Libby...

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