Case Name: IN the INTEREST OF M.R., a child. Jaimee Towers, Assistant State's Attorney for Ward County, Petitioner and Appellee v. M.R., a child; C.R., mother, Dena Penton, Guardian Ad Litem, and Christopher Jones, Executive Director of the ND Department of Human Services, Respondents and T.W.R., father, Respondent and Appellant. In the Interest of P.R., a child. Jaimee Towers, Assistant State's Attorney for Ward County, Petitioner and Appellee v. P.R., a child; C.R., mother, Dena Penton, Guardian Ad Litem, and Christopher Jones, Executive Director of the ND Department of Human Services, Respondents and T.W.R., father, Respondent and Appellant. In the Interest of T.R., a child. Jaimee Towers, Assistant State's Attorney for Ward County, Petitioner and Appellee v. T.R., a child; C.R., mother, Dena Penton, Guardian Ad Litem, and Christopher Jones, Executive Director of the ND Department of Human Services, Respondents and T.W.R., father, Respondent and Appellant
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Decision Date: 2017-12-07
Citations: 904 N.W.2d 324
Docket Number: No. 20170363, No. 20170364, No. 20170365
Parties: IN the INTEREST OF M.R., a child Jaimee Towers, Assistant State’s Attorney for Ward County, Petitioner and Appellee v. M.R., a child; C.R., mother, Dena Penton, Guardian Ad Litem, and Christopher Jones, Executive Director of the ND Department of Human Services, Respondents and T.W.R., father, Respondent and Appellant In the Interest of P.R., a child Jaimee Towers, Assistant State’s Attorney for Ward County, Petitioner and Appellee v. P.R., a child; C.R., mother, Dena Penton, Guardian Ad Litem, and Christopher Jones, Executive Director of the ND Department of Human Services, Respondents and T.W.R., father, Respondent and Appellant In the Interest of T.R., a child Jaimee Towers, Assistant State’s Attorney for Ward County, Petitioner and Appellee v. T.R., a child; C.R., mother, Dena Penton, Guardian Ad Litem, and Christopher Jones, Executive Director of the ND Department of Human Services, Respondents and T.W.R., father, Respondent and Appellant
Judges: [¶ 2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C. J.
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 904
Pages: 324–325

Head Matter:
2017 ND 281
IN the INTEREST OF M.R., a child Jaimee Towers, Assistant State’s Attorney for Ward County, Petitioner and Appellee v. M.R., a child; C.R., mother, Dena Penton, Guardian Ad Litem, and Christopher Jones, Executive Director of the ND Department of Human Services, Respondents and T.W.R., father, Respondent and Appellant In the Interest of P.R., a child Jaimee Towers, Assistant State’s Attorney for Ward County, Petitioner and Appellee v. P.R., a child; C.R., mother, Dena Penton, Guardian Ad Litem, and Christopher Jones, Executive Director of the ND Department of Human Services, Respondents and T.W.R., father, Respondent and Appellant In the Interest of T.R., a child Jaimee Towers, Assistant State’s Attorney for Ward County, Petitioner and Appellee v. T.R., a child; C.R., mother, Dena Penton, Guardian Ad Litem, and Christopher Jones, Executive Director of the ND Department of Human Services, Respondents and T.W.R., father, Respondent and Appellant
No. 20170363, No. 20170364, No. 20170365
Supreme Court of North Dakota.
Filed 12/7/2017
Kyle R. Craig, Minot, ND, for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief.
Jaimee F. Towers, Ward County Assistant State’s Attorney, Minot, ND, for petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
[¶ 1] The father, T.R., appeals from a juvenile court order terminating his parental rights. The juvenile court found the children were deprived and in foster care for at least 450 out of the previous 660 nights. N.D.C.C. § 27-20-44(l)(c)(2); Interest of A.L., 2011 ND 189, ¶ 10-11, 803 N.W.2d 597 (concluding the district court did not clearly err in terminating parental rights when evidence supported the conclusion the child was deprived and in the custody of social services for 450 of the previous 660 nights). T.R. argues the juvenile court did not adequately explain its findings and did not have an evidentiary basis for finding the children deprived. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2) and (7).
[¶ 2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C. J.
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