Interest of S.J.

Interest of S.J., minor child

Jaimee Towers, Assistant State's Attorney, Petitioner and Appellee
v.
S.J., child; M.D., mother, A.J., father; Maggie Anderson, the Executive Director of the North Dakota Department of Human Services, Respondents

A.J., father, Appellant

No. 20160307

Appeal from the Juvenile Court of Ward County, North Central Judicial District, the Honorable Connie Sue Portscheller, Judicial Referee.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Jaimee F. Towers, Ward County Assistant State's Attorney, P.O. Box 5005, Minot, N.D. 58702-5005, petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief.
Mark T. Blumer, P.O. Box 7340, Fargo, N.D. 58106, for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief.

Interest of S.J.No. 20160307

Per Curiam.

[¶1] The father, A.J., appeals from a juvenile court judgment terminating his parental rights in his child, S.J. The juvenile court found the child is deprived and "has been in foster care . . . for at least four hundred fifty out of the previous six hundred sixty nights." N.D.C.C. § 27-20-44(1)(c); In re F.F., 2006 ND 47, ¶ 14, 711 N.W.2d 144. The father argues the court should have pursued alternative placement options and not permanently terminated his parental rights. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
Dale V. Sandstrom
Daniel J. Crothers
Lisa Fair McEvers
Carol Ronning Kapsner