Case Title: Interest of C.R.

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Docket Number: 20130235

State: north-dakota

Court: North Dakota Supreme Court

Date: 2013-09-25T00:00:00Z

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Interest of C.R.  Court Description: A juvenile court judgment terminating a father's parental rights is affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7). IN THE SUPREME COURT STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA 2013 ND 161 In the Interest of C.R., a child Nancy D. Yon, Assistant State's Attorney, Petitioner and Appellee v. J.A.R., mother and P.B., father, Respondents P.B., father, Appellant No. 20130235 Appeal from the District Court of Grand Forks County, Northeast Central Judicial District, Surrogate Judge on Assignment to the Northeast Central Judicial District H. Patrick Weir. AFFIRMED. Per Curiam. Nancy D. Yon, Assistant State's Attorney, P.O. Box 5607, Grand Forks, ND 58206-5607, for petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief. Rhiannon L. Gorham, P.O. Box 6306, Grand Forks, ND 58206-6306, for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief. Interest of C.R.No. 20130235 Per Curiam. [¶1] P.B. appealed from a juvenile court judgment terminating his parental rights in his child, C.R. P.B. argues his limited telephonic appearance at the termination of parental rights hearing violated his procedural due process rights by not affording him a meaningful opportunity to be heard. At the time of the hearing, P.B. was incarcerated at the James River Correctional Center and testified by telephone. He was represented by counsel at the hearing. [¶2] For these purposes, this Court has previously held, "there is no denial of due process when the defendant testified at the termination hearing by telephone and was represented by court-appointed counsel during the proceeding." In re D.C.S.H.C., 2007 ND 102, ¶ 12, 733 N.W.2d 902; Adoption of J.M.H., 1997 ND 99, ¶ 19, 564 N.W.2d 623. [¶3] We summarily affirm the district court under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7). [¶4] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J. Carol Ronning Kapsner Mary Muehlen Maring Daniel J. Crothers Dale V. Sandstrom