In re Declaring P.E.

Linda H. (Linda), the natural mother of P.E., appeals the decision of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, terminating her parental rights to P.E. due to abandonment. We affirm.

The sole issue presented on appeal is whether the District Court erred in terminating Linda’s parental rights due to abandonment.

In the summer of 1994, Linda and her thirteen-year-old daughter P.E. were traveling through Montana in the company of Paul Cress (Cress) and George Townsell (Townsell). All four people lived in the van in which they were traveling or camped at various campgrounds. In July…