IN RE: the ADOPTION OF A.B.G.R. (2025)

[¶1] A.T., Jr., appeals from an order finding he abandoned his biological children, A.B.G.R. and A.R.G.-R., and terminating his parental rights. He argues the district court erred when it found he failed without justifiable cause to communicate with the children and to provide for their care and support. See N.D.C.C. § 14-15-01(1)(a) (defining the term “abandon” for purposes of adoption proceedings). The court's findings are not clearly erroneous. See In re Adoption of K.J.C., 2016 ND 67, ¶ 7, 877 N.W.2d 62 (“The trial court's findings of fact in an adoption proceeding, including whether a parent has abandoned a child, will not be reversed on appeal unless they are 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