Hartleib v. Simes

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Ashley Farrell and Susan Simes appealed from a district court judgment which terminated Simes’s guardianship over L.S., ordered that Brock Hartleib have custody of L.S., provided visitation to Farrell and Simes, changed the last name of L.S., and ordered the parties to bear their own costs. Hartleib cross-appealed. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] Farrell and Hartleib are the biological parents of L.S., who was born in 2002. Farrell and Hartleib were never married. After the birth of L.S., “Brock was incarcerated and Ashley was unable to care for [L.S.] for a number of…