In re the Adoption of S.P.M.

Appellant J.M. appeals dismissal by the Third Judicial District Court, Powell County, of her petitidn for adoption of her husband’s natural child, S.P.M. We affirm.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred when it held that a parent’s consent to adoption was required under a specific set of circumstances.

S.P.M. was born to R.M. and M.S.¡on July 21,1986. R.M. and M.S. divorced in April 1987, while living in Libby, Montana. The dissolution decree provided for joint custody, with each parent having physical custody of S.P.M. for one month, on an alternating monthly basis, and…