In re Declaring C.L.R.

William R. Sigler appeals an order issued by the Fourth District Court, Missoula County, terminating his parental rights of C.L.R. He also appeals from the denial of his motion for a stay in the proceedings. We affirm.

From October 1981 until February 1982, Kathy Wilkinson and William Russell Sigler lived together with Wilkinson’s son in East Missoula, Montana. On February 23, 1982, Paul Wilkinson, Jr. died as a result of internal injuries sustained from being struck in the abdomen. Wilkinson pled guilty to negligent homicide for said death; A jury found Sigler guilty of deliberate homicide…