IN RE: the ADOPTION OF R.E.M. (2024)

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

IN RE: the ADOPTION OF R.E.M., a minor child B.M., Petitioner and Appellant v. A.A.M., birth mother; J.S.M., birth father; and R.E.M., minor child, Respondents

No. 20230321

Decided: March 18, 2024

Rachel M. Hanson, Fargo, ND, for petitioner and appellant; submitted on brief.

[¶1] B.G.M. appeals a district court order denying his petition to adopt R.E.M. B.G.M. argues the court clearly erred in finding J.S.M., the child's biological father, did not abandon the child. B.G.M. also argues the court erred in finding J.S.M.’s consent to the adoption was required for it to proceed under N.D.C.C. § 14-15-06(1)(a), (b), or (j). Based on our review of the record, we conclude the court's findings are not clearly erroneous. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

Per Curiam.

[¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J. Daniel J. Crothers Lisa Fair McEvers Jerod E. Tufte Douglas A. Bahr

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