Interest of S.A. , 2021 ND 197 ( 2021 )

FILED
IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
OCTOBER 28, 2021
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
2021 ND 197In the Interest of S.A., a child
Jacqueline A. Gaddie, Assistant
States Attorney, Petitioner and Appellee
v.
K.A., mother, Respondent and Appellant
and
S.A., a child, and M.R.K., father,
Emily Crothers, Guardian ad Litem, Respondents
No. 20210061
In the Interest of H.A., a child
Jacqueline A. Gaddie, Assistant
States Attorney, Petitioner and Appellee
v.
K.A., mother, Respondent and Appellant
and
H.A., a child, and J.G., father,
Emily Crothers, Guardian ad Litem, Respondents
No. 20210062
Appeals from the Juvenile Court of Grand Forks County, Northeast Central
Judicial District, the Honorable M. Jason McCarthy, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Jacqueline A. Gaddie, Assistant State’s Attorney, Grand Forks, N.D., for
petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief.
Laura C. Ringsak, Bismarck, N.D., for respondent and appellant; submitted on
brief.
Interest of S.A. & H.A.
Nos. 20210061 & 20210062
Per Curiam.
[¶1] K.A. appeals from an order entered by the juvenile court determining her
children, S.A. and H.A., to be deprived under N.D.C.C. § 27-20-02(8) (now
N.D.C.C. § 27-20.3-01(5)(a)). The juvenile court ordered the children be
removed from K.A.’s home and placed under the care, custody, and control of
the Director of the Grand Forks County Human Services Zone for appropriate
placement for 12 months. On appeal, K.A. argues the juvenile court erred by
finding the children to be deprived. We conclude the juvenile court’s findings
are supported by clear and convincing evidence and are not clearly erroneous.
We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).
[¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Lisa Fair McEvers
Jerod E. Tufte
Allan L. Schmalenberger, S.J.
[¶3] The Honorable Allan L. Schmalenberger, Surrogate Judge, sitting in
place of Crothers, J. disqualified.
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