Parenting of M.M.G.

¶1 Gail and Ron Armstrong (Armstrongs) seek a parental interest in child M.M.G. Armstrongs filed a petition for a proposed parenting plan in the Fourteenth Judicial District, Musselshell County. The District Court dismissed Armstrongs’ petition for lack of jurisdiction. We reverse and remand.

¶2 Armstrongs present the following issue on appeal:

¶3 Whether the District Court possessedjurisdiction to grant parental rights to Armstrongs even though the natural mother’s parental rights have not been terminated.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶4 Armstrongs began raising M.M.G. when the child was…