State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. S.S., Mother, Respondent and Appellant (2021)

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

In the INTEREST OF P.F., a child State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. P.F., a Child, E.F., Father, Respondents S.S., Mother, Respondent and Appellant
In the Interest of K.F., a child State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. K.F., a Child, E.F., Father, Respondents S.S., Mother, Respondent and Appellant

No. 20200283, No. 20200284

Decided: April 28, 2021

Thomas A. Gehrz, Assistant State's Attorney, Grand Forks, ND, for petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief. Ashley K. Schell, Williston, ND, for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief.

[¶1] S.S. appeals from a judgment entered by the juvenile court determining her children, P.F. and K.F., to be deprived under N.D.C.C. § 27-20-02(8). On appeal, S.S. argues various circumstances supporting the court's determination P.F. and K.F. are deprived are no longer applicable or will be resolved. S.S. also argues reports regarding the lack of supervisory ability of the children's maternal grandmother, the person with whom the children had been informally placed, should have prompted the court to return the children to S.S.’s care. We conclude the juvenile court's findings are supported by clear and convincing evidence and 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. Gerald W. VandeWalle Daniel J. Crothers Lisa Fair McEvers Jerod E. Tufte

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