Kulstad v. Maniaci

¶1 Barbara Maniaci (Maniaci) and Michelle Kulstad (Kulstad) were committed domestic partners from 1996 until January 2007 when Kulstad petitioned to dissolve the parties’ relationship, and to receive a parenting interest in the two children the couple had adopted. The Fourth Judicial District Court awarded Kulstad a parental interest in the children over Maniaci’s objections. Maniaci appealed this ruling and we affirmed. Kulstad v. Maniaci, 2009 MT 326, 352 Mont. 513, 220 P.3d 595 (Kulstad I). While Kulstad I was on appeal, the District Court, in response to a motion by the guardian ad litem…