IN RE ADOPTION OF S.M.G.

No. 20100049.

788 N.W.2d 582 (2010)

2010 ND 173

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF S.M.G. L.G., Petitioner and Appellant v. North Dakota Department of Human Services, J.P., Respondents and J.D., Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

September 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Baer , Bismarck, N.D., for petitioner and appellant.

Mark T. Blumer , Valley City, N.D., for respondent and appellee.


MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] L.G. appeals a trial court's order denying her petition to adopt S.M.G. Because the trial court did not make sufficient findings of fact, we reverse and remand.

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[¶ 2] In December 2008, L.G. petitioned to adopt her grandson, S.M.G. The petition did not address the termination of parental rights. S.M.G. had been in L.G.'s custody since September 2008. L.G. has adopted S.M.G.'s older sister. J.D., S.M.G.'s biological...

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