IN INTEREST OF B.M.

Civ. No. 10407.

335 N.W.2d 321 (1983)

In the Interest of B.M., A Child. L.J. BERNHARDT, Director, Stark County Social Service Board, Petitioner and Appellee, v. S.M., Mother, Respondent and Appellant, J.R., Father, Respondent, James D. Geyer, Guardian ad Litem, Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

June 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Henning, Asst. State's Atty., Dickinson, for petitioner and appellee; argued by Tom Henning, Asst. States Atty., Dickinson.

Freed, Dynes, Reichert & Buresh, Dickinson, for S.M., respondent and appellant; argued by Eugene F. Buresh, Dickinson.

James D. Geyer, guardian ad litem, Dickinson, pro se.


PEDERSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by B.M.'s guardian ad litem and B.M.'s mother, a child aged 14 years, challenging the termination of parental rights. Because a point of law disposes of the appeal, only a brief statement of facts is necessary. We conclude that the termination was improper and we reverse the termination order.

Before B.M. was born, S.M., her unwed mother, made some preliminary arrangements with...

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