IN RE ADOPTION OF H.R.W.

No. 20040108.

689 N.W.2d 403 (2004)

2004 ND 216

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF H.R.W., a minor child C.M.W., Petitioner and Appellee v. J.C.S., Respondent and Appellant. The Executive Director of the North Dakota Department of Human Services, Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

November 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet M. Gregory (on brief), Eslinger, Farroh & Gregory, P.L.L.P., Grand Forks, N.D., for petitioner and appellee.

Kevin B. Spaeth (on brief), Spaeth, Thelen & Jasmer, Grand Forks, N.D., for respondent and appellant.


MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] J.C.S. ("John")1 the natural father of H.R.W. ("Helen") appealed from a judgment terminating his parental rights and granting the petition of C.M.W. ("Charles") to adopt Helen. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] Helen's mother, C.J.W. ("Carla") met John in 1997. They resided together for about two years, between December 1997 and October 1999. Helen was born in August 1998, and the parties acknowledge...

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