Filed 5/7/20 by Clerk of Supreme Court

IN THE SUPREME COURT STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

2020 ND 86

In the Interest of A.T., Minor Child

State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee v. A.T., child, T.T., mother, Respondents and J.T., father, Respondent and Appellant

No. 20200092

Appeal from the Juvenile Court of Ward County, North Central Judicial District, the Honorable Connie S. Portscheller, Judicial Referee.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

Nathan A. Wersal, Assistant State’s Attorney, Minot, N.D., for petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief.

Kyle R. Craig, Minot, N.D., for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief. Interest of A.T. No. 20200092

Per Curiam.

[¶1] J.T. appeals from a juvenile court order terminating his parental rights to A.T. On appeal, J.T. argues the juvenile court erred in terminating his parental rights because its findings that A.T. was deprived and the deprivation was likely to continue were clearly erroneous. We conclude the juvenile court’s findings are supported by clear and convincing evidence, are not clearly erroneous, and support the termination of J.T.’s parental rights. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

[¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J. Lisa Fair McEvers Gerald W. VandeWalle Daniel J. Crothers Jerod E. Tufte

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