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State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. J.B., Mother; J.C., Father, Respondents and Appellants (2019)

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Supreme Court of North Dakota.

In the INTEREST OF H.B., a Child State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. H.B., Child; Barb Oliger, Guardian ad Litem; Executive Director, ND Department of Human Services, Respondents J.B., Mother; J.C., Father, Respondents and Appellants

In the Interest of V.B., a Child State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. V.B., Child; Barb Oliger, Guardian ad Litem; Executive Director, ND Department of Human Services, Respondents J.B., Mother; J.C., Father, Respondents and Appellants

In the Interest of A.B., a Child State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. A.B., Child; Barb Oliger, Guardian ad Litem; Executive Director, ND Department of Human Services, Respondents J.B., Mother; J.C., Father, Respondents and Appellants

No. 20180439, No. 20180440, No. 20180441

Decided: February 21, 2019

Tessa M. Vaagen, Assistant State's Attorney, Bismarck, ND, for petitioner and appellee. Alyssa L. Lovas, Bismarck, ND, for respondent and appellant J.B. Susan Schmidt, Bismarck, ND, for respondent and appellant J.C.

[¶1] J.B. and J.C. appealed from a juvenile court's orders terminating their parental rights to H.B., V.B., and A.B. J.B. and J.C. argue that the juvenile court erred in finding the conditions and causes of deprivation are likely to continue, that the children are suffering or will probably suffer serious physical, mental, moral, or emotional harm, and that Burleigh County Social Services failed to use reasonable efforts to reunify the children with J.B. and J.C. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2) and conclude that facts existed upon which the juvenile court could find deprivation would continue and reasonable efforts for reunification were present. See In Interest of A.B., 2017 ND 178, ¶ 12, 898 N.W.2d 676 (“[w]e will not overturn a juvenile court's findings of fact in a termination proceeding unless the findings are clearly erroneous under N.D.R.Civ.P. 52(a).”).

Per Curiam.

[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J. Jon J. Jensen Lisa Fair McEvers Daniel J. Crothers Jerod E. Tufte

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