In Re the Adoption of C.R.N.

979 P.2d 210 (1999)

1999 MT 92

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF C.R.N., a minor child.

No. 98-397.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted on Briefs January 7, 1999.

Decided April 29, 1999.

Jeannette Ellen Berry, Attorney at Law, Bozeman, Montana, For Appellant.

Mark A. Bryan, Bryan and Atkins, Bozeman, Montana, For Respondent.

Chief Justice J.A. TURNAGE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 In proceedings before the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, on a petition for the adoption of C.R.N., the District Court determined that the adoption could proceed without the consent of C.R.N.'s…