Legal Opinion

In the Matter of Custody and Parental Rights of Cjk

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 22, 2005No. 04-597PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cotter

¶1 T.K., the biological mother of C.J.K., appeals the First Judicial District Court’s Order terminating her parental rights. We affirm.

ISSUE

¶2 T.K. presents the following issue on appeal:

Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it concluded the conduct or condition that rendered T.K. an unfit parent was unlikely to change within a reasonable time?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 C.J.K. was born in December 2000. The identity of C.J.K.’s birth father is not known. His young mother, T.K., was 21 years old at the time. T.K. admits that she began using methamphetamine when she was 22.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In re M.J.W.Montana Supreme Court · 1998
  2. In re J.V.Montana Supreme Court · 2003
  3. In re K.C.H.Montana Supreme Court · 2003
  4. In re M.R.G.Montana Supreme Court · 2004

3Cited by36 opinions

  1. In re A.S.Montana Supreme Court · 2006
  2. In re C.M.C.Montana Supreme Court · 2009
  3. In re T.S.B.Montana Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Dick Anderson Construction, Inc. v. Monroe Construction Co.Montana Supreme Court · 2009
  5. In re C.J.M.Montana Supreme Court · 2012

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