Kalispell, Montana family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce.


Ash and Elliot married on July 1, 2015. They separated on June 15, 2022, and their divorce was finalized on July 13, 2023. The seven-year union was the second marriage for both, and each had two adult children from previous relationships. At the time of dissolution, Ash was 65 years of age and Elliot was... More...    $0 (11-19-2024 - MT)

Kalispell, Montana family law lawyers represented wife and husband in a divorce action seeking dissolution of their marriage.


After two years of litigation in the District Court, the court issued its Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Decree of Dissolution on May 16, 2024. Bayne filed a Notice of Entry of Decree of Dissolution on May 17, 2024. Bayne states that on June 13, 202... More...    $0 (11-19-2024 - MT)

Shawna and Malachi Johnson, (Malachi), married in 2017 and have three children between the ages of one and six years old. Shawna also has a sixteen-year-old son, C.J., from a previous relationship. In August of 2022, Shawna and her children moved from Oregon to Huson, MT. Malachi ... More...    $0 (02-15-2024 - MT)

On January 18, 2023, Erika Dawn Petersen-Weilacher (Erika) petitioned the District Court pursuant to § 40-15-201, MCA, for a temporary order of protection based on assertions that during a December 28, 2022, incident at the Colu... More...    $0 (08-27-2024 - MT)

Kalispell, Montana divorce lawyers represented the parties seeking to dissolve their marriage.


¶2 Kennith G. Ferron (Ferron) appeals from the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order, and Judgment With Permanent Injunction entered by the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County, granting Michael A. Santacroce (Santacroce) injunctive relief and awarding Santacroce atto... More...    $0 (10-11-2022 - MT)

Appellant was charged by information with committing first degree murder and first degree assault.
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"In the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Yellowstone, on the 19th day of February A.D. 1962, comes William J. Speare, County Attorney of said county, and here in said District Court, upon his official oath and i... More...    $0 (08-02-1963 - MT)

Foley pled guilty to attempted deliberate homicide for the shooting of his wife,
Jodi Stimson (Stimson), and was sentenced on November 18, 2014. Foley was ordered to
pay restitution of $10,095.06 for Stimson’s medical expenses. After the shooting, Stimson
sought a divorce from Foley and a decree was entered on May 29, 2014 (amended on
June 16, 2014), that, in part, awarded Stimson ... More...    $0 (06-13-2020 - MT)

This appeal arises from four separate criminal cases filed against Parkhill between
2013 and 2016. Parkhill was charged in 2013 with felony PFMA in violation of
§ 45-5-206(1)(a), MCA, for an assault against J.P., with whom he had an intimate
relationship. He pleaded guilty to the charge. The District Court sentenced him to two
years, with all but thirty days deferred.
... More...    $0 (04-04-2018 - MT)

A.C. was tragically injured in July 2013 while in Santillan’s care. She is the
daughter of Danielle, Santillan’s girlfriend, and Mitch and was born in August 2010.
Danielle and Mitch shared parenting time pursuant to an informal agreement; Danielle
parented A.C. from Sunday evening until Thursday evening, while Mitch parented A.C.
from Thursday evening until Sunday evening. Be... More...    $0 (12-30-2017 - MT)

In November 2013, Joseph Forsythe was charged in the Billings Municipal Court
with misdemeanor Partner/Family Member Assault—Second Offense following a violent
physical altercation with his wife, Giana, during which she was seriously injured. While
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confined at the Yellowstone County Detention Facility (YCDF) and under a “no contact”
order, Forsythe and Giana wro... More...    $0 (03-19-2017 - MT)

In April 2014, the Missoula, Montana, home Kaarma and his partner Janelle
Pflager (Pflager) shared with their infant son was burglarized two times. Each time the
burglar entered the garage through the partially open garage door. Concerned about
safety, Kaarma and Pflager installed security cameras in and around their garage,
changed how they parked their cars, started locking... More...    $0 (02-13-2017 - MT)

David Weisbarth is the birth fatherof T.W. Since age three, T.W. has resided with
her maternal grandfather Roy, who is her permanent guardian. Sometime between
October 23, 2012, and December 13, 2012, when T.W. was five years old, Roy took T.W.
to visit Weisbarth at his apartment in Great Falls. Soon after visiting her father, T.W.
reported to law enforcement that Weisbarth... More...    $0 (08-30-2016 - MT)

On December 11, 2013, the State charged Kline by information with criminal
distribution of dangerous drugs, a felony, in violation of § 45-9-101(1), MCA;
endangering the welfare of children, a felony, in violation of § 45-5-622(3)(c), MCA; and
incest, a felony, in violation of § 45-5-507, MCA. The information alleged Kline
committed these offenses when he gave methamphetamine t... More...    $0 (07-28-2016 - MT)

This is the State’s second appeal from the First Judicial District Court’s
injunctions preventing implementation of certain provisions of the Act. Montana
Cannabis Industry Association v. State, 2012 MT 201, 366 Mont. 224, 286 P.3d 1161
(hereafter MCIA I). The Act repealed the 2004 Medical Marijuana Act (2004 Act)—
which was established by voter initiative (I-148)—and replaced... More...    $0 (03-21-2016 - MT)

This is the State’s second appeal from the First Judicial District Court’s
injunctions preventing implementation of certain provisions of the Act. Montana
Cannabis Industry Association v. State, 2012 MT 201, 366 Mont. 224, 286 P.3d 1161
(hereafter MCIA I). The Act repealed the 2004 Medical Marijuana Act (2004 Act)—
which was established by voter initiative (I-148)—and replaced... More...    $0 (02-28-2016 - MT)

Richards and Trusler began their relationship in July 1991, at ages 20 and 21
respectively. Later that summer, Richards moved in with Trusler on his family’s ranch
property, Trusler Ranch, in Ashland, Montana. Richards was working at a local grocery
store at the time and Trusler was a ranch hand for Trusler Ranch. In April 1992, the
couple had their first child, son TR. TR ... More...    $0 (11-05-2015 - MT)

On April 5, 2015, a jury convicted Walter M. Larson (Larson) of deliberate
homicide in the Seventh Judicial District Court, Dawson County. The victim was
Larson’s ex-wife, Susan Casey (Susie). Larson challenges the denial of his motion to
suppress statements made while in police custody and asserts that police questioned
Larson in violation of his right to counsel and right t... More...    $0 (09-16-2015 - MT)

¶1 Appellant Jim Weibert (Jim) appeals from an order of the Eleventh Judicial
District, Flathead County, awarding Crissy Tieman (Crissy) custody of their daughter and
attorney’s fees.
¶2 The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred when it ordered Jim to
pay Crissy’s attorney’s fees.
PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
¶3 Jim and Crissy divorced on Fe... More...    $0 (02-03-2015 - MT)

¶1 Matthew Sampley appeals from an order of the Montana Thirteenth Judicial
District Court, Yellowstone County, dismissing for lack of jurisdiction the parenting and
custody issues Matthew presented in his petition for dissolution of marriage. We affirm.
ISSUES
¶2 We review the following issues:
1. Did the District Court err by refusing to hold a hearing prior to issuing its<... More...    $0 (05-05-2015 - MT)

GREAT FALLS, MT – Former University of Great Falls student, Brenden James Leischner, 24, now of Indio, California, was sentenced to six months in federal custody for Federal Student Financial Aid Fraud, by U.S. District Judge Brian Morris. The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the sentence also included five years’ probation, $82,237 in restitution to the U.S. Department of Educ... More...    $0 (12-17-2014 - MT)

Great Falls, MT - The United States Attorney's Office announced that ZACKARIA JULY CRAWFORD, 22, of Browning, Montana, was sentenced to a term of 30 months imprisonment, three years supervised release, and a special assessment of $100 during a federal court hearing in Great Falls, Montana, on March 18, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Brian Morris.

This is the first case in the District o... More...    $0 (06-05-2014 - MT)

The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula on March 27, 2014, JORDAN LINN GRAHAM, 22, of Kalispell, was sentenced to 360 months in prison, followed by 5 years supervised release by Senior U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy. The sentence follows Graham's mid-trial guilty plea to second degree murder. Jordan Linn Graham filed a motion to withdraw he... More...    $0 (03-27-2014 - MT)