Legal Opinion
Wenz v. Schwartze
Montana Supreme Court
Decided August 1, 1979No. 14228PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daly
The District Court terminated the parental rights of a father and mother, both residents of California, and granted custody of their daughter to her aunt and uncle, residents of Montana. The father appeals.
The subject of this appeal is a minor child who was born in California in 1969. Her parents separated some eighteen months after her birth and obtained a final dissolution of marriage on January 13, 1972. The Los Angeles County Superior Court, in an uncontested proceeding, granted custody to the mother and allowed reasonable visitation to the father. It also ordered the father to pay weekly…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Ford v. FordSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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- Matter of Guardianship of AschenbrennerMontana Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by27 opinions
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