Interest of M.M. , 2021 ND 10 ( 2021 )

FILED
IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
JANUARY 12, 2021
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
2021 ND 10In the Interest of M.M., A Child
Lyndsey Tungseth, L.B.S.W., Cass
County Human Service Zone, Petitioner and Appellee
v.
M.M., a child; M.M., father; Respondents
and
S.M., mother, Respondent and Appellant
No. 20200335
In the Interest of R.M., A Child
Lyndsey Tungseth, L.B.S.W., Cass
County Human Service Zone, Petitioner and Appellee
v.
M.M., a child; M.M., father; Respondents
and
S.M., mother, Respondent and Appellant
No. 20200336
In the Interest of S.M., A Child
Lyndsey Tungseth, L.B.S.W., Cass
County Human Service Zone, Petitioner and Appellee
v.
M.M., a child; M.M., father; Respondents
and
S.M., mother, Respondent and Appellant
No. 20200337
In the Interest of E.M., A Child
Lyndsey Tungseth, L.B.S.W., Cass
County Human Service Zone, Petitioner and Appellee
v.
M.M., a child; M.M., father; Respondents
and
S.M., mother, Respondent and Appellant
No. 20200338
In the Interest of K.M., A Child
Lyndsey Tungseth, L.B.S.W., Cass
County Human Service Zone, Petitioner and Appellee
v.
M.M., a child; M.M., father; Respondents
and
S.M., mother, Respondent and Appellant
No. 20200339
Appeal from the Juvenile Court of Cass County, East Central Judicial District,
the Honorable Scott A. Griffeth, Judicial Referee.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Diane K. Davies-Luger, Assistant State’s Attorney, Fargo, ND, for petitioner
and appellee; submitted on brief.
Daniel E. Gast, Fargo, ND, for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief.
Interest of M.M., R.M., S.M., E.M., and K.M.
Nos. 20200335-20200339
Per Curiam.
[¶1] S.M., the mother, appeals from a juvenile court order terminating her
parental rights to M.M., R.M., S.M., E.M., and K.M. On appeal, S.M. argues
the State presented insufficient evidence to support termination of her
parental rights. We conclude the State’s evidence was sufficient to prove the
children are deprived; the conditions and causes of the deprivation are likely
to continue; and the children are suffering, or will in the future probably suffer,
serious physical, mental, moral, or emotional harm as required for the
termination of parental rights under N.D.C.C. § 27-20-44(1)(c). The juvenile
court’s findings are supported by clear and convincing evidence, are not clearly
erroneous, and support the termination of S.M.’s parental rights. 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
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