MATTER OF ADOPTION OF J.S.P.L.

Civ. No. 940243.

532 N.W.2d 653 (1995)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF J.S.P.L., J.J.L., and J.W.L. M.L.L. and S.M.L., Petitioners and Appellees, v. Henry C. "Bud" WESSMAN, Executive Director, North Dakota Department of Human Services, Respondent, and J.E.N., Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

May 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Bakken Oliver (argued), Kapsner & Kapsner, Bismarck, for petitioners and appellees.

J.E.N., Bismarck, pro se.

Melvin L. Webster (argued), Bismarck. Guardian Ad Litem.


LEVINE, Justice.

J.E.N. (Jack)1, the natural father of J.S.P.L. (Joan), J.J.L. (Jeff), and J.W.L. (Justin), appeals from a judgment terminating his parental rights and granting the petition of M.L.L. (Mark) and S.M.L. (Sandy) to adopt the children. We conclude that Jack's due process right to access to the courts was not violated and that clear and convincing evidence supported the termination...

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