In Re Interest of JDM

This is an appeal by the State of Nebraska from an order of the county court for York County, juvenile division, which dismissed the supplemental petition to terminate the parental rights of the natural father, M.M., to his child J.D.M., pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-292(5) (Reissue 1984). The mother, V.M., voluntarily relinquished her parental rights prior to oral argument; therefore, her rights are not at issue in this appeal.

Appellant asserts that the court below erred in (1) finding that the State had failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the father, M.M., was unable to…