Katherine M. Bidegaray
AU
majority
CO
concurrence
DI
dissent
filled wrote it · outlined joined it
Marriage of French
2026 MT 205N
DA 25-0587
· Aug 25, 2026 · Affirmed
KB
JS
BB
IG
JR
Grandparent contact of: C.S
2026 MT 188N
DA 26-0171
· Aug 11, 2026 · Affirmed
This case involved a grandmother's request for court-ordered contact with her grandson over the objection of the child's mother. Janine Ann Samuel, the maternal grandmother, had played an active caregiving role in her grandson C.S.'s early life—she attended his birth, housed him and his mother Alexis for about ten mont...
KB
CS
JS
BB
IG
State v. G. Jones
2026 MT 189N
DA 24-0518
· Aug 11, 2026 · Affirmed
Gary Richard Jones was convicted by a Yellowstone County jury of sexually assaulting his adopted daughter, K.S., who was five years old at the time of the abuse and seven when she testified at trial. He was sentenced to 100 years in prison with a 25-year parole restriction. On appeal, Jones argued that the district cou...
KB
JS
BB
IG
JR
Brock v. Tompkins
2026 MT 175
DA 25-0436
· Aug 4, 2026 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part
KB
CS
JS
BB
JR
Vicevich v. Kultgen
2026 MT 168
DA 25-0505
· Jul 28, 2026 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part
KB
CS
LK
IG
JR
State v. T. Miller
2026 MT 174N
DA 25-0370
· Jul 28, 2026 · Reversed
KB
CS
JS
BB
LK
State v. Reed
2026 MT 161N
DA 24-0207
· Jul 21, 2026 · Affirmed
KB
CS
LK
BB
IG
Smith v. Russell
2026 MT 148N
DA 25-0520
· Jul 7, 2026 · Affirmed
KB
CS
JS
LK
JR
O'Brien v. MT Dept. of Revenue
2026 MT 132
DA 25-0673
· Jun 23, 2026 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part
KB
CS
LK
IG
JR
Helt v. Guess
2026 MT 117
DA 25-0628
· Jun 2, 2026 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part
KB
CS
LK
BB
JR
Cline v. Pritchard
2026 MT 108
DA 25-0630
· May 19, 2026 · Affirmed
KB
JS
IG
BB
JR
Crestview Apartments v. Forrest
2026 MT 104N
DA 25-0495
· May 12, 2026 · Affirmed
KB
CS
LK
JS
JR
State v. Snyder
2026 MT 103N
DA 23-0576
· May 12, 2026 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part
KB
CS
JS
BB
IG
State v. Myers Starks
2026 MT 93
DA 24-0378
· May 5, 2026 · Reversed
KB
LK
BB
IG
CS
Marriage of Handy
2026 MT 90
DA 25-0318
· Apr 28, 2026 · Reversed
KB
CS
IG
LK
JR