Interest of P.F.

2021 ND 77, 959 N.W.2d 54

• Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
• Decided: April 28, 2021
• Docket: 20200283
• Status: Published

Opinion

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPREME COURT APRIL 28, 2021 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

IN THE SUPREME COURT STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

2021 ND 77

In the Interest of P.F., a child

State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. P.F., a Child, E.F., Father, Respondents and S.S., Mother, Respondent and Appellant

No. 20200283

In the Interest of K.F., a child

State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. K.F., a Child, E.F., Father, Respondents and S.S., Mother, Respondent and Appellant

No. 20200284

Appeal from the Juvenile Court of Grand Forks County, Northeast Central Judicial District, the Honorable Jay D. Knudson, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam. 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. Interest of P.F. and K.F. Nos. 20200283, 20200284

Per Curiam.

[¶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 On appeal, S.S. argues various circumstances supporting the court’s determination P.F. and K.F. are deprived are no longer applicable or will be resolved.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).

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