Legal Opinion
In re A.S.
Montana Supreme Court
Decided March 16, 2004No. 03-140PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Regnier
¶1 M.S. is the natural mother of A.S. The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) filed a petition for termination of M.S.’s parental rights to A.S. in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County. The District Court granted the petition, and M.S. appeals. We affirm the judgment of the District Court.
¶2 We restate the sole issue on appeal as follows:
¶3 Was M.S. denied effective assistance of counsel?
BACKGROUND
¶4 On June 14, 2001, DPHHS filed a petition for temporary legal custody of eleven-day-old A.S. DPHHS based its petition on drug screen tests taken shortly after…
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