In Re the Parenting of N.M.V.

¶1 Dustin E. Cross appeals from the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Final Visitation Plan entered by the Montana Twelfth Judicial District Court, Hill County, awarding him visitation rights but denying him a parental interest in N.M.V., a minor child and daughter of Cross’s former girlfriend, Erin J. Verploegen. We affirm.

ISSUE

¶2 The issue on appeal is whether the District Court abused its discretion in denying Cross a parental interest in N.M.V.

BACRGROUND

¶3 Cross and Verploegen began dating in December 2001, less than one year after N.M.V. was born. N.M.V.’s biological father,…