IN RE M.P.M.

No. 98-443.

976 P.2d 988 (1999)

1999 MT 78

In re M.P.M. and A.R.M., Youths in Need of Care.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided April 20, 1999.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin T. Sweeney; Sweeney & Healow; Billings, Montana, for the Mother.

Hon. Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General; Jennifer Anders, Assistant Attorney General; Helena, Montana, Dennis Paxinos, Yellowstone County Attorney; Melanie Logan, Deputy County Attorney; Billings, Montana for respondents.

D. Michael Eakin; Montana Legal Services Association; Billings, Montana, for the Father.

Steven Kelly; Attorney at Law; Billings, Montana, for Northern Cheyenne Tribe.

Marcia Good Sept; Children's Law Office; Billings, Montana, Guardian Ad Litem.


Justice TERRY N. TRIEWEILER delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 The Yellowstone County Attorney filed a petition for temporary investigative authority on behalf of the Department of Public Health and Human Services in the District Court for the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, to investigate the suspected abuse and neglect of M.P.M and A.R.M. The District Court dismissed the petition for temporary investigative authority, and ordered that...

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