Legal Opinion

In Re the Adoption of Snyder

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 9, 2000No. 99-465PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trieweiler

¶ 1 The Petitioner, Ricky Eckhardt, petitioned the District Court for the Tenth Judicial District in Fergus County to terminate the parental rights of Randy James Snyder, who is the natural father of Joshua James Snyder. Following a hearing, the District Court granted Eckhardt’s petition and terminated Snyder’s parental rights. Snyder appeals the termination of his parental rights. We affirm the District Court.

¶2 Although several bases for termination of Snyder’s parental rights were found to exist and several issues are raised on appeal, we find the following issue dispositive:

¶3 Did the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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3Cited by12 opinions

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