Wagner v. Grant County Department of Public Welfare

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-respondent Michael Wagner challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the trial court’s order terminating his parental rights as to his daughter, S.S., and claims that the guardian ad litem’s performance was so deficient that a new trial should be granted.

FACTS

The evidence most favorable to the judgment reveals that S.S., who was born on January 17, 1993, is the daughter of Wagner and Kari Stone. Stone and Wagner never married and Stone had legal custody of S.S. Wagner, as a result of his various criminal convictions, has spent the majority of S.S.’s…