Matter of MM

650 P.2d 784 (1982)

In the Matter of M.M., Youth in Need of Care.

No. 81-472.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted on Briefs April 8, 1982.

Decided September 9, 1982.

Ann C. German, Missoula, for appellant.

Robert L. Deschamps, III, County Atty., Missoula, for petitioner/respondent, State.

Russell E. Cater, Dept. of S.R.S., Helena, Terry A. Wallace, Missoula, for R.M.

John E. Riddiough, Missoula, for guardian ad litem.

HASWELL, Chief Justice.

Following a series of hearings in a child abuse and neglect proceeding, the District Court of Missoula County determined that M.M. was a youth in need of care and…