In Re the Custody of Ericka M.

The original title in this cause has been changed by this Court on appeal to comply with section 40-4-103(2), MCA. The mother appeals from an order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court modifying visitation rights of the father. The single issue on appeal is whether the District Court abused its discretion in expanding the father’s visitation rights with his daughter. We affirm the judgment of the District Court.

Ericka’s parents were married in California in 1973. Ericka was born in 1975. When her parents divorced, Ericka was less than 2 years old and lived with her mother. In 1979, the…