In re Declaring B.P.

¶1 R.P., mother of B.P. and A.P., appeals the Montana Eighteenth Judicial District Court’s order denying her motion to dismiss. We reverse and remand.

ISSUE

¶2 A restatement of the issue is:

¶3 Did the District Court abuse its discretion in refusing to relinquish jurisdiction over the proceeding involving B.P. and A.P.?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶4 B.P. was born in July 1989, and A.P. was born in July 1993. They are the children of R.P. (hereinafter “Mother”) and T.P. (hereinafter “Father”). Mother and Father were divorced in April 1996 and the children remained in Mother’s custody in…