In Re the Adoption of K.P.M.

¶1 S.J.D., who is KP.M.’s stepmother, petitioned the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, for termination of the parental rights of KP.M.’s biological mother, B.J.M., and to adopt K.P.M. The District Court ordered B.J.M.’s parental rights terminated. B.J.M. appeals.

¶2 The sole issue B.J.M. raises on appeal is whether the District Court erred in terminating B.J.M.’s parental rights because B.J.M. was unfit as provided in § 42-2-608(b), MCA.

BACKGROUND

¶3 In December 2003, B.J.M. gave birth to K.P.M. Until a paternity test was conducted in summer 2004, it was unclear who KP.M.’s…