Montana Supreme Court

Marriage of: Murphy

March 10, 20262026 MT 48

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of a requested parenting-plan modification because the record did not provide sufficient evidence that the father posed a safety risk to the child, and the district court did not clearly err or abuse its discretion in evaluating the conflicting evidence. The Court also declined to review the unpreserved challenge to the judge’s remote appearance, concluding that the proceeding did not constitute plain or structural error and did not cause substantial prejudice or a manifest miscarriage of justice.