Court Opinion

ID: 9507848
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:25:51.869211+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:24.268639
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE GULBRANDSON,
specially concurring:
I concur with the holdings of the opinion of both issues.
*49With respect to the first issue, regarding specific findings as to the children’s preference of parent, I would limit the requirements to those set forth in Sections 40-4-212 and 40-4-214, MCA.
As a practical matter, most children will not indicate a preference of parent unless they are assured that the non-preferred parent will not be told of their choice. Even the presence of counsel and a court reporter has a definite chilling effect. In my view, Kramer, supra, extends the statutory requirements and I would modify that decision.