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In the INTEREST OF K.R.C.W., a Child Grand Forks County Social Service Center, Petitioner and Appellee v. K.R.C.W., a child, W.B., mother, Respondents C.A.M., father, Respondent and Appellant
[¶1] C.A.M. appeals from a district court order terminating his parental rights, arguing the State failed to show by clear and convincing evidence the child was suffering or would probably suffer serious physical, mental, moral or emotional harm. We affirm.
[¶2] C.A.M. and B.W. were the parents of K.R.C.W., born in 2016. K.R.C.W. tested positive for marijuana at birth. In June 2017 the court placed K.R.C.W. into foster care. On July 28, 2020, a termination of parental rights trial was held. Only C.A.M. appeared. At the conclusion of trial, the court found K.R.C.W. was deprived and the conditions were likely to continue, the child was suffering or would likely continue to suffer serious physical, mental, moral, or emotional harm, and the child was in foster care for at least 450 of the previous 660 nights. The court entered a judgment terminating the parental rights of C.A.M. and B.W.
[¶3] We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2) and (7). See In re A.L., 2011 ND 189, ¶ 9, 803 N.W.2d 597 (explaining N.D.C.C. § 27-20-44(1)(c)(2) is clear and provides a juvenile court “may terminate parental rights solely on a finding of (1) deprivation and (2) that ‘[t]he child has been in foster care ․ for at least four hundred fifty out of the previous six hundred sixty nights.’ ”) (Emphasis in original.)
Per Curiam.
[¶4] Jon J. Jensen, C.J. Gerald W. VandeWalle Daniel J. Crothers Lisa Fair McEvers Jerod E. Tufte
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Docket No: No. 20200246
Decided: November 19, 2020
Court: Supreme Court of North Dakota.
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