John Dustin "Johnny" Montgomery (also Kasnoff, Munson and Donovan) is a fictional character in the daytime soap opera, As the World Turns.
Craig regained full custody of Johnny in January 2009 and had his son's surname changed legally from Donovan to Montgomery.
When Jennifer Munson went into labor and gave birth, she was later told that her baby had "died" that night.
She arranged a memorial service where she revealed the name of her "deceased" son; Johnny, after her half brother who died after his birth as well and Dustin, after Dusty Donovan, who helped Jennifer deliver her baby.
In the months after, Jennifer had a rough time running into her brother Will and his girlfriend Gwen, who also had a baby at the same day as Jen did.
Jennifer felt a strong connection to the child and was more than once convinced that their babies were switched at the hospital, which means that Gwen's son Rory, who is being raised by Jack and Carly, is actually Johnny.
However, during this time, she was sure, more than ever, that Rory was her son and she begged her business partner and good friend Dusty to find things out.
Jennifer was right; the babies were switched at the hospital, by Craig Montgomery, the father of Johnny, who was cut off from his son before he was even born.
While Gwen broke down by the devastating news that her son died months ago, Jennifer was reunited with her little boy.
Unfortunately, 6 months later, Johnny is diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer and is admitted to the hospital.
Lucy Montgomery, Johnny's biological sister, wants to help Dusty, despite the fact that he blames her for the death of his wife.
Barbara wants to wait for an ambulance, but Lucy says that it will never happen since an ice storm is blowing over Oakdale.
She loses her way due to snow and heavy winds, but is eventually saved by Dusty, who decided to miss his plane so he can be with Johnny.
However, in court, Craig blackmails Lucy by saying that if she tells the truth, awful things might happen to Dusty.
Dusty gets him to keep quiet, but a few days later, the dockworker found guns in one of the crates Lucy was going to send to Africa.
And sure enough, with Craig in jail, without bail, unable to do anything about it, Dusty was awarded full custody of Johnny back before the day was over.