Udelhoven v. Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services

¶1 The First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark Comity, dismissed Debra L. Udelhoven’s petition for judicial review for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Udelhoven appeals. We reverse and remand.

¶2 The issue is whether the District Court violated Udelhoven’s right to due process when it dismissed her petition because she failed to comply with the service requirements of § 40-5-253(4), MCA.

¶3 This is not the first time Udelhoven and Mark T. McGurran have come before this Court on matters relating to the support of their son. In 1999, we upheld the dismissal of Udelhoven’s petition for…