In Re Parenting of JNP

27 P.3d 953 (2001)

2001 MT 120

In re the Matter of the PARENTING OF J.N.P., a minor child.

Gordon L. Knopp and Judith E. Knopp, Petitioners and Appellants,

v.

Tammy Lynn Knopp and Shane Lee Parenteau, Respondents and Respondents.

No. 99-675.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted on Briefs January 9, 2001.

Decided July 23, 2001.

For Appellants: Dean D. Chisholm, Kaplan & Chisholm, PLLP, Columbia Falls, MT.

For Respondent: Paula Johnson, Attorney at Law, Whitefish, MT, (For Tammy Lynn Knopp).

Justice TERRY N. TRIEWEILER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 The Petitioners, Gordon L. and Judith E. Knopp,…