Title: Interest of S.J.
Citation: 2016 ND 206
Docket Number: 
State: north-dakota
Issuer: north-dakota Supreme Court
Date: November 9, 2016

Interest of S.J. Annotate this Case Court Description: A juvenile court order terminating parental rights is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2). IN THE SUPREME COURT STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA 2016 ND 206 Interest of S.J., minor child Jaimee Towers, Assistant State's Attorney, Petitioner and Appellee v. S.J., child; M.D., mother, A.J., father; Maggie Anderson, the Executive Director of the North Dakota Department of Human Services, Respondents A.J., father, Appellant No. 20160307 Appeal from the Juvenile Court of Ward County, North Central Judicial District, the Honorable Connie Sue Portscheller, Judicial Referee. AFFIRMED. Per Curiam. Jaimee F. Towers, Ward County Assistant State's Attorney, P.O. Box 5005, Minot, N.D. 58702-5005, petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief. Mark T. Blumer, P.O. Box 7340, Fargo, N.D. 58106, for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief. Interest of S.J.No. 20160307 Per Curiam. [¶1] The father, A.J., appeals from a juvenile court judgment terminating his parental rights in his child, S.J. The juvenile court found the child is deprived and "has been in foster care . . . for at least four hundred fifty out of the previous six hundred sixty nights." N.D.C.C. § 27-20-44(1)(c); In re F.F., 2006 ND 47, ¶ 14, 711 N.W.2d 144. The father argues the court should have pursued alternative placement options and not permanently terminated his parental rights. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2). [¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J. Dale V. Sandstrom Daniel J. Crothers Lisa Fair McEvers Carol Ronning Kapsner