Legal Opinion
M.L.L. v. Wessman
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided May 31, 1995No. Civ. No. 940243PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVINE, Justice.
J.E.N. (Jack) 1 the natural father of J.S.P.L. (Joan), J.J.L. (Jeff), and J.W.L. (Justin), appeals from a judgment terminating his parental rights and granting the peti*656tion of M.L.L. (Mark) and S.M.L. (Sandy) to adopt the children. We conclude that Jack’s due process right to access to the courts was not violated and that clear and convincing evidence supported the termination of his parental rights. We therefore affirm.
Jack was convicted of the January 1992 murder of his wife, P.J.N. (Patty), a class AA felony, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of…
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