IN RE S.C.

No. 04-439.

121 P.3d 552 (2005)

2005 MT 241

328 Mont. 476

In the Matter of S.C. and L.Z., Youths In Need Of Care.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided September 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellants: Jane M. Berger, Public Defender's Office, Great Falls, Montana (Father). Carl B. Jensen, Jr., Public Defender's Office, Great Falls, Montana (Mother).

For Respondent: Mike McGrath, Attorney General; Jim Wheelis, Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana. Brant Light, County Attorney; Matthew S. Robertson, Deputy County Attorney, Great Falls, Montana. Mark Bauer, Great Falls, Montana (Guardian Ad Litem).


Justice JIM RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 S.Z. (Father) and D.C. (Mother) appeal from the order entered by the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, granting the Department of Public Health and Human Services (the Department) permanent legal custody, and terminating both parents' rights in their two minor children. We affirm.

¶ 2 The following issues are dispositive on appeal:

¶ 3 Did the District Court abuse...

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