Legal Opinion
Application of Bertelson
Montana Supreme Court
Decided September 17, 1980No. 14885PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shea
On June 4, 1980, this Court entered its decision reversing the District Court and holding that jurisdiction of this child custody dispute was properly with the Chippewa Cree Tribe. Irene Bertelson, the mother of the child involved, promptly petitioned this Court for a rehearing.
The petition alleged that the Court relied on erroneous facts in vacating an order of the Hill County District Court directing Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stanley, the paternal grandparents of Lynette Stanley, to return the girl to the mother, the petitioner. This Court found, based on undisputed material facts before it, that…
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