In Re the Marriage of Vanlaarhoven

¶1 Appellant Kevin Vanlaarhoven filed a petition for dissolution and proposed parenting plan in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County. Upon motion by Respondent Tina Vanlaarhoven, the District Court dismissed Kevin’s petition for lack of jurisdiction. Kevin appeals from the District Court’s order of dismissal. We reverse and remand.

¶2 The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred when it dismissed Kevin’s petition for dissolution.

BACKGROUND

¶3 On August 10, 1996, Kevin and Tina were married in Billings, Montana. The parties have four minor children.…