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IN INTEREST [CUSTODY] OF D.G.

Civ. Nos. 9232, 9233.

246 N.W.2d 892 (1976)

In the Interest [CUSTODY] OF D.G., a child. Mrs. J.S. [E.S.], Petitioner and Appellant, v. K. G., Respondent, and R.G. and V.G., Respondents and Appellees. In the Matter of Petition for ADOPTION OF D.G., a child, and Termination of Parental Rights of R.G. and K.G. J.S. and E.S., Petitioners and Appellants, v. Reuben E. CARLSON, as Administrator of the Division of Child Welfare of the Public Welfare Board [Social Service Board] of the State of North Dakota, and K.G., Respondents, and R.G., Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

November 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Chapman, Bismarck, for J.S. and E.S.

Alfred C. Schultz of Sperry & Schultz, Bismarck, for R.G. and V.G.

Patrick S. O'Neil, Mandan, for D.G., a Child.

Wayne J. Anderson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Bismarck, for Social Service Bd. of State of N.D.

VOGEL, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the juvenile court awarding custody of the minor child, D.G., to his father, R.G., and denying the petition of the child's maternal grandparents for adoption. We affirm as to the adoption and reverse as to the custody.

The child's parents, R.G. and K.G., were married in 1970. He was born on 19 January 1971. Since his birth, he has lived with the grandparents, J.S. and E.S.

In January 1972, the child...

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