Court Opinion

ID: 9400411
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Date Created: 2023-06-08 13:06:06.877611+00
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FILED
                                                                           IN THE OFFICE OF THE
                                                                        CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
                                                                                JUNE 8, 2023
                                                                         STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                    IN THE SUPREME COURT
                    STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                                        2023 ND 110

In the Interest of I.X.F., a child

Grand Forks County Human Service Zone,                   Petitioner and Appellee
      v.
I.X.F., a child, E.L.F., Jr., father,                              Respondents
      and
Q.D.H., mother,                                        Respondent and Appellant

                                        No. 20230112

Appeal from the Juvenile Court of Grand Forks County, Northeast Central
Judicial District, the Honorable John A. Thelen, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

Jacqueline A. Gaddie, Assistant State’s Attorney, Grand Forks, ND, for
petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief.

Erica L. Chisholm, Wahpeton, ND, for respondent and appellant; submitted on
brief.
                              Interest of I.X.F.
                                No. 20230112

Per Curiam.

[¶1] Q.H. appeals from a juvenile court judgment terminating her parental
rights to I.X.F. She argues the court erred when it found I.X.F. is in need of
protection and the conditions and causes of the need for protection are likely
to continue. We conclude the court’s findings are not clearly erroneous and the
court did not abuse its discretion when it terminated Q.H.’s parental rights.
See Interest of A.C., 2022 ND 123, ¶ 5, 975 N.W.2d 567 (the clearly erroneous
standard of review applies to factual findings made in a termination of
parental rights proceeding); see also Interest of A.P., 2022 ND 131, ¶ 2, 976
N.W.2d 244 (whether terminating parental rights would promote the child’s
welfare is left to the court’s discretion when the required elements are proven
by clear and convincing evidence). We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P.
35.1(a)(2) and (4).

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

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