Michelle KULSTAD, Plaintiff and Appellee,
v.
Barbara L. MANIACI, Defendant and Appellant.
Supreme Court of Montana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 17, 2009.
Submitted April 28, 2009.
Decided October 6, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For Appellant: Austin Nimocks (argued), Amy Smith, Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, Arizona, Linda Osorio St. Peter, Attorney at Law, Missoula, Montana.
For Appellee: Elizabeth L. Griffing (argued), ACLU of Montana Foundation, Missoula, Montana, Susan G. Ridgeway, Attorney at Law, Missoula, Montana, Kevin H. Lewis, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, California.
For Amicus Montana Family Foundation: Patrick Flaherty, The National Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
For Amicus Pacific Justice Institute: Peter D. Lepiscopo, Lepiscopo & Morrow, San Diego, California.
For Amicus National Assn. of Social Workers (NASW); NASW, MT Chapter; and American Academy of Pediatrics: P. Mars Scott and Thorin A. Geist, Attorneys at Law, Missoula, Montana Luann Simmons and Sara Jeruss, O'Melveny & Myers, San Francisco, California.
For Amici Law School Professors: James P. Reynolds, Reynolds, Motl and Sherwood, Helena, Montana.
For Amicus Northwest Women's Law Center: Daniel P. Semmens, Dorsey & Whitney, Missoula, Montana.
Supreme Court of Montana.
Justice BRIAN MORRIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 Far too often this Court faces a situation in which minor children have no adult fit to parent them. See e.g. In re E.D., 2008 MT 216, 344 Mont. 228, 186 P.3d 1283; In re M.P., 2008 MT 39, 341 Mont. 333, 177 P.3d 495; In re Custody and Parental...
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