In re M. M.

Following a series of hearings in a child abuse and neglect proceeding, the District Court of Missoula County determined that M. M. was a youth in need of care and awarded her father permanent custody with specified visitation rights granted her mother. The mother appeals. We affirm.

M. M. is the only child of the marriage. She was sixteen-months-old at the time of the District Court’s order from which this appeal is taken. Following the birth of M. M. a stressful marital situation for the mother developed, caused primarily by the couple’s deteriorating financial situation and their inability…