In re M.D.M.

¶1 Appellant Father, Vernal M., appeals from the Thirteenth Judicial District Court’s judgment terminating his parental rights. We affirm.

¶2 The following issue is raised on appeal:

¶3 Whether the District Court erred when it determined that the statutory criteria for terminating Vernal’s parental rights were satisfied.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶4 M.D.M. is the four-year-old daughter of Autumn D. and Vernal M. As an enrollable member in the Assiniboine-Sioux Fort Peck Tribes, she is subject to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). M.D.M. is in the protective care of the Montana Department of Public…