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SPRING MILLS -- The lone senior on Spring Mills received his first start of the basketball season Friday night on senior night.

In the High Court ruling, justices write that Christopher “erred as a matter of law” and caused a “gross injustice” by abruptly removing the child from his mother’s custody, giving full custody to the father for the next five years and barring the mother from all contact with her son.

In a 5-0 opinion, the Montana Supreme Court took what justices describe as “an extraordinary remedy” of asserting “supervisory control” over a Lake County child-custody case.

In a 5-0 opinion, the Montana Supreme Court took what justices describe as “an extraordinary remedy” of asserting “supervisory control” over a Lake County child-custody case. The decision, issued Jan. 2, returned a 5-year-old child to the custody of his mother, Shanna Spring ManyWounds of Elmo, and reassigned the case from District Court Judge Deborah “Kim” Christopher to Judge Molly Owen.

A local judge erred in developing a parenting plan that wasn’t in a 5-year-old child’s best interest, according to a state Supreme Court order.

A local judge erred in developing a parenting plan that wasn’t in a 5-year-old child’s best interest, according to a state Supreme Court order.

Shanna ManyWounds will be reunited with her little boy after a Lake County District Court Judge abruptly ordered him taken away from his mom in September. In an order Tuesday,

Montana Supreme Court removes Lake County District Court Judge Deborah Christopher in Shanna ManyWounds' child custody case.

Shanna ManyWounds will be reunited with her little boy after a Lake County District Court Judge abruptly ordered him taken away from his mom in September. In an order Tuesday,

Lance Jasper had hoped his client, Shanna ManyWounds of Elmo, would be reunited with her young son in time for Christmas.