IN RE J.J.

No. 01-283.

28 P.3d 1076 (2001)

2001 MT 131

In the Matter of J.J. & C.J., Youths in Need of Care.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided July 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Carl Jensen, (mother); Ronald Bissell, Great Falls, MT, (child).

For Respondent: Mike McGrath, Montana Attorney General, Ilka Becker, Assistant Montana Attorney General, Helena, MT; Brant S. Light, Cascade County Attorney, Susan Brooke, Deputy Cascade County Attorney, Great Falls, MT.


Justice JAMES C. NELSON delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 L.B., the natural mother of J.J. and C.J., appeals an order of the District Court for the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, terminating her parental rights. We affirm.

¶ 2 We address the following issue on appeal: Whether the District Court erred when it terminated L.B.'s parental rights based on the State's argument that L.B. had abandoned the children.

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