Sweeney v. Kirby

¶1Filed 1/23/13 by Clerk of Supreme Court

¶2IN THE SUPREME COURT

¶3STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

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¶72013 ND 3

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¶11In the Matter of the Adoption of D.J.D.

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¶13B.D.D., Petitioner and Appellant

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¶15v.

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¶17Executive Director of North Dakota

¶18Department of Human Services; and R.H., Respondents

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¶20R.H., Appellee

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¶24No. 20120278

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¶28Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Harlan Patrick Weir, Judge.

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¶30AFFIRMED.

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¶32Per Curiam.

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¶34Daniel H. Oster (on brief), 619 Riverwood Drive, Suite 202, Bismarck, N.D. 58504, for petitioner and appellant.

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¶36Mark T. Blumer (on brief), P.O. Box 7340, Fargo, N.D. 58106, for respondent and appellee.

¶37Adoption of D.J.D.

¶38No. 20120278

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¶40Per Curiam.

¶41[¶1] B.D.D. appeals from a district court order denying his petition for adoption.  Although his petition did not specifically request it, termination of the natural father’s parental rights would also have been required.  We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

¶42[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

¶43Dale V. Sandstrom

¶44Daniel J. Crothers

¶45Mary Muehlen Maring

¶46Carol Ronning Kapsner