Sims v. Sims , 2021 ND 167 ( 2021 )

FILED
IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
2021 ND 167Cara Isabelle Sims, Petitioner
v.
Earl Otis Sims, Respondent and Appellant
No. 20210039
Appeal from the District Court of Ransom County, Southeast Judicial District,
the Honorable Mark T. Blumer, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Earl O. Sims, Jr., self-represented, Morgantown, WV, respondent and
appellant.
Sims v. Sims
No. 20210039
Per Curiam.
[¶1] Earl Sims appeals from a domestic violence protection order entered
against him in December 2020. He argues the evidence presented at the
district court hearing did not support the two-year protection order. We
conclude the court’s findings are not clearly erroneous. See Lindstaedt v.
George, 2020 ND 262, ¶¶ 3, 5, 952 N.W.2d 102 (the clearly erroneous standard
of review applies to factual findings made by the district court in N.D.C.C. §
14-07.1-02 domestic violence proceedings). We 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
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