Opinion
20230290 20230291
09-28-2023
In the Interest of K.J., minor child v. K.J., child, W.J., father, Respondents State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee and C.D., mother, Respondent and Appellant In the Interest of K.J., minor child State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. K.J., child, W.J., father, Respondents and C.D., mother, Respondent and Appellant
Rozanna C. Larson, State's Attorney, Minot, ND, for petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief. Kyle R. Craig, Minot, ND, for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief.
Appeal from the Juvenile Court of Ward County, North Central Judicial District, the Honorable Kelly A. Dillon, Judicial Referee.
Rozanna C. Larson, State's Attorney, Minot, ND, for petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief.
Kyle R. Craig, Minot, ND, for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief.
Per Curiam.
[¶1] C.D. appeals from a juvenile court order terminating her parental rights to K.J. and K.J. She argues the court abused its discretion by terminating her parental rights, challenging the court's finding the conditions and causes of the need for protection are likely to continue.
[¶2] The juvenile court found K.J. and K.J. to be children in need of protection and concluded they had been in the human service zone's care, custody, and control for at least 450 out of the previous 660 nights. N.D.C.C. § 27-20.3-20(1)(c)(2). C.D. does not challenge these findings. See Interest of B.R., 2023 ND 137, ¶ 2, 993 N.W.2d 509 ("Because the court may terminate parental rights under N.D.C.C. § 27-20.3-20(1)(b), we need not determine whether the court erred in finding the conditions and causes of the need for protection are likely to continue under N.D.C.C. § 27-20.3-20(1)(c)(1)."). We conclude the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion by terminating the parental rights of C.D. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4).
[¶3] Jon J. Jensen, C.J. Daniel J. Crothers Lisa Fair McEvers Jerod E. Tufte Douglas A. Bahr.