Legal Opinion

In re S.R.

Montana Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 2019No. DA 18-0188PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Justice Dirk Sandefur delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***367¶1 Birth mother C.C. appeals the judgment of the Montana Second Judicial District Court, Silver Bow County, terminating her parental rights to her minor children, S.R. and C.R., for failure to comply with a reunification-oriented *699treatment plan. We restate the dispositive issue as:

Whether the District Court erroneously terminated Mother's parental rights without properly determining whether the children were Indian children?

¶2 We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Appellant C.C. (Mother) and P.R. (Father) are the birth…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. In re D.B.Montana Supreme Court · 2007
  5. In re A.N.Montana Supreme Court · 2000

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3Cited by9 opinions

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