Legal Opinion
In re M.L.M.
Montana Supreme Court
Decided October 18, 1996No. 95-487PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trieweiler
On February 28, 1995, Nicolle Jean Will filed a petition for adoption in the District Court for the First Judicial District in Lewis and Clark County. The Department of Family Services (DFS) filed a motion to dismiss the petition on April 7, 1995. Following an oral argument, the District Court granted DFS’s motion to dismiss. Will appeals the District Court’s order granting the motion to dismiss. We reverse the order of the District Court and remand this case to the District Court for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
There are two issues on appeal:
1. Did the District Court err when it…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- In Re the Adoption of BieryMontana Supreme Court · 1974
- In Re Adoption of KureSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
- In Re the Estate of AlcornMontana Supreme Court · 1994
- Oxendine v. Catawba County Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- Stout v. Tippecanoe County Department of Public WelfareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re the Adoption of Missy M.Alaska Supreme Court · 2006
- Adoption of M.E.S.Montana Supreme Court · 1999
- In Re MLMMontana Supreme Court · 1996