Krause v. Sisk

¶1 Kade Krause (Krause) appeals from the final parenting determination of the Montana Fifth Judicial District Court, granting primary custody of his son to the boy’s mother, Julie Sisk (Sisk). Krause contends that the District Court’s appointment and use of a guardian ad litem violated his due process rights as a parent. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 Krause and Sisk lived together in Jackson, Montana, but were never married. The subject of the custody proceeding, John Remington Krause (John), is their infant son. The couple had what was described as…