In Re the Adoption of A.L.O.

¶1 Shortly after the birth of their daughter, A.L.O., T.F. (Mother) and R.O. (Father) relinquished their parental rights, allowing Jennifer and Branch Martin to adopt her. More than thirty days after the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, terminated Mother’s parental rights, Mother filed a motion to set aside the adoption because contrary to requirements of § 42-2-405(2), MCA, she was a minor without legal representation at the time she signed the relinquishment papers. The District Court declared the adoption decree null and void and ordered the return of A.L.O. to Mother. The…