Legal Opinion

In Re Marriage of Skillen

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 3, 1998No. 96-520PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trieweiler

¶1 The petitioner, Shane Skillen, filed a petition for dissolution of his marriage to the respondent, Stacey Skillen, in the District Court for the Sixteenth Judicial District in Rosebud County. After a nonjury trial the District Court entered an order granting joint custody of their child, Kinsey, to Shane and Stacey. Thereafter, the Fort Peck Tribal Court entered a temporary joint custody order in favor of Stacey, and she filed a motion to dismiss in the District Court. The District Court first entered a final decree of dissolution, and then *405denied the motion to dismiss. Stacey appeals. We…

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