Interest of A.J.E.

2024 ND 192

• Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
• Decided: October 24, 2024
• Docket: No. 20240245
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

2024 ND 192

In the Interest of A.J.E., a child

Grand Forks County Human Service Zone, Petitioner and Appellee v. A.J.E., Child; C.B., Father; Respondents and Appellees and J.E., Mother, Respondent and Appellant

No. 20240245

Appeal from the Juvenile Court of Grand Forks County, Northeast Central Judicial District, the Honorable Kristi P. Venhuizen, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

Carmell F. Mattison, Assistant State’s Attorney, and Madison M. Schoenberg, under the Rule on Limited Practice of Law by Law Students, Grand Forks, ND, for petitioner and appellee; on brief.

Samuel A. Gereszek, Grand Forks, ND, for respondent and appellant; on brief. Interest of A.J.E. No. 20240245

[¶1] J.E., the mother, appeals from a juvenile court judgment terminating her parental rights to A.J.E. She argues the juvenile court erred in finding the causes and conditions of the need for protection are likely to continue or will not be remedied.

[¶2] We conclude the juvenile court’s findings are not clearly erroneous and support a finding the need for protection would continue. See In re A.B., 2017 ND 178, ¶ 12, 898 N.W.2d 676 (“We 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).”); see also In re J.C., 2024 ND 9, ¶ 22, 2 N.W.3d 228 (stating the decision whether to terminate parental rights is left to the court’s discretion when the statutory requirements are met). We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

[¶3] Jon J. Jensen, C.J. Daniel J. Crothers Lisa Fair McEvers Jerod E. Tufte Douglas A. Bahr