Court Opinion

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FILED
                                                                      IN THE OFFICE OF THE
                                                                   CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
                                                                           APRIL 4, 2024
                                                                    STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                   IN THE SUPREME COURT
                   STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                                   2024 ND 56

In the Interest of S.B., a child

Lori Houseman, L.B.S.W., Cass
County Human Service Zone,                            Petitioner and Appellee
      v.
S.B., a child;                                                    Respondent
      and
M.H., father; D.M., father;
S.S., father; and J.D.; father;                                  Respondents
      and
N.B., mother,                                      Respondent and Appellant

                                   No. 20240043

Appeal from the Juvenile Court of Cass County, East Central Judicial District,
the Honorable Daniel E. Gast, Judicial Referee.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

Rebecca L. Altman, Assistant State’s Attorney, Fargo, ND, for petitioner and
appellee; submitted on brief.

Jay R. Greenwood, Fargo, ND, for respondent and appellant; submitted on
brief.
                               Interest of S.B.
                                No. 20240043

Per Curiam.

[¶1] N.B., the mother of S.B., appeals from a juvenile court’s findings of fact
and order terminating her parental rights to S.B. N.B. argues evidence was
insufficient for the court to find by clear and convincing evidence that S.B. was
in need of protection, that the causes and conditions of the need for S.B.’s
protection were likely to continue, or that S.B. would suffer harm absent a
termination of parental rights. We summarily affirm.

[¶2] The juvenile court found S.B. was subjected to aggravated circumstances
because of prenatal exposure to fentanyl and THC and was abandoned by his
father. N.D.C.C. § 27-20.3-01(3)(a) and (g). The court found N.B. is
incarcerated, cannot care for S.B. now or in the future, and has not made
progress in treating her drug addiction. N.D.C.C. § 27-20.3-20(1)(c)(1). The
court also found the conditions and causes of the need for protection are likely
to continue or will not be remedied, and for that reason the child will continue
to be in need of protection for the foreseeable future because these conditions
will cause S.B. serious harm. N.D.C.C. § 27-20.3-20(1)(c)(1). On this record,
evidence exists to support the court’s findings. We summarily affirm under
N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

[¶3] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
     Daniel J. Crothers
     Lisa Fair McEvers
     Jerod E. Tufte
     Douglas A. Bahr

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