Legal Opinion

In Re the Parenting of M.M.K.

Montana Supreme Court

Decided April 5, 2016No. DA 15-0524Published

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice McGRATH

¶1 Margaret Ambrose appeals from the District Court’s Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order dated July 23, 2015. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issue on appeal as follows:

Did the District Court abuse its discretion in concluding that Montana is an inconvenient forum in which to determine whether Ambrose has a parental interest as to M.M.K., pursuant to § 40-7-108, MCA?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Britney Kerlee (Kutil) is the mother of M.M.K., who was born in Great Falls, Montana, in April 2011. M.M.K.’s father has not been involved in her life. In June 2012 when M.M.K. was just…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re the Marriage of McMichaelMontana Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Heavirland v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 2013
  3. Parenting of G.J.A. Minor ChildMontana Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Lewis v. SowersMontana Supreme Court · 1998
  5. In Re B.E.SMontana Supreme Court · 1998

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