State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. R.M-Z., Father, Respondent and Appellant (2019)

[¶1] R.M-Z., the father of G.D-M. and A.D-M., appeals from orders terminating his parental rights to the children. R.M-Z. argues he received ineffective assistance of counsel from his trial attorney and the evidence was insufficient to establish he did not want to attend the trial. Because the face of the record does not establish that his counsel was ineffective under the guidelines set forth in Interest of K.L., 2008 ND 131, ¶ 31, 751 N.W.2d 677, and the evidence is sufficient to support the judicial referee’s decisions, we summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2) and (7).

Per Curiam.

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