In Re the Marriage of Oltersdorf

Jim Oltersdorf appeals an order of the Fourth Judicial District Court, Ravalli County, setting aside its previous order determining child custody and child support in this dissolution of the marriage of Jim and Joan Oltersdorf. We affirm.

The determinative issue is whether the District Court had jurisdiction over the question of child custody.

In May 1990, Jim Oltersdorf filed with the District Court for Ravalli County, Montana, a petition for dissolution of his marriage to Joan Oltersdorf. In the petition, he stated that he had been a Montana resident for more than ninety days and that Joan…