B.H. v. State (In re B.S.)
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IN THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS ----ooOoo---State of Utah, in the interest of B.S., a person under eighteen years of age. ______________________________ B.H., Appellant, v. State of Utah, Appellee. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) MEMORANDUM DECISION (Not For Official Publication) Case No. 20060681-CA F I L E D (September 21, 2006) 2006 UT App 384 ----Third District Juvenile, Salt Lake Department, 466423 The Honorable Sharon P. McCully Attorneys: Colleen K. Coebergh, Salt Lake City, for Appellant Mark L. Shurtleff and John M. Peterson, Salt Lake City, for Appellee Martha Pierce and Suchada P. Bazelle, Salt Lake City, Guardians Ad Litem ----- Before Judges Bench, McHugh, and Thorne. PER CURIAM: B.H. (Mother) appeals the termination of her parental rights in B.S. We affirm. Mother asserts that there was insufficient evidence to support the juvenile court's determination that she abandoned B.S. However, the juvenile court found multiple grounds for termination under Utah Code section 78-3a-407, including neglect, unfitness, and failure to remedy the circumstances leading to B.S.'s out-of-home placement. See Utah Code Ann. § 78-3a-407(1) (b)-(d) (Supp. 2006). Pursuant to section 78-3a-407(1), the finding of any single ground is sufficient to warrant termination of parental rights. See id. § 78-3a-407(1) (providing the court may terminate all parental rights if it finds any one of grounds listed); In re F.C. III, 2003 UT App 397,¶6, 81 P.3d 790 (noting any single ground sufficient to terminate parental rights). Mother does not challenge each of these other grounds for termination, and thus, termination is warranted. Moreover, although Mother's appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting termination, she declined to provide a transcript. See Utah R. App. P. 54(a). Because Mother did not provide a transcript of the evidence, "we assume that the proceedings at the trial were regular and proper and that the judgment was supported by competent and sufficient evidence." Bevan v. J.H. Constr. Co., 669 P.2d 442, 443 (Utah 1983). Accordingly, we affirm. ______________________________ Russell W. Bench, Presiding Judge ______________________________ Carolyn B. McHugh, Judge ______________________________ William A. Thorne Jr., Judge 20060681-CA 2
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