IN RE B.B., 2010 ND 178

799 N.W.2d 406

In the Interest of B.B., a minor child Grand Forks County Social Services Center, Petitioner and Appellee v. B.J.F., Mother, Respondent and S.L.B., Father, Respondent and Appellant.

No. 20100161.Supreme Court of North Dakota.
Decided September 21, 2010.

Appeal from the District Court of Grand Forks County, Northeast Central Judicial District, the Honorable Joel D. Medd, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Jacqueline A. Gaddie, Assistant State’s Attorney, and Abby Siewart, appearing under the Rule on the Limited Practice of Law by Law Students, 124 South 4th Street, P.O. Box 5607, Grand Forks, ND 58206-5607, for petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief.

Rebecca Heigaard-McGurran, Grand Forks Public Defender Office, 405 Bruce Avenue, Suite 101, Grand Forks, ND 58201, for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief.

Per Curiam.

[¶ 1] S.L.B. appeals from a district court judgment terminating his parental rights to B.B., a minor child, asserting compelling reasons existed to proceed with a guardianship. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2), (4).

[¶ 2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

Carol Ronning Kapsner

Mary Muehlen Maring

Daniel J. Crothers

Dale V. Sandstrom.