In re the Application to Adopt I.H.H.-L.

Greene, C.J.:

The natural father of I.H.H.-L., his 2-year-old infant daughter, appeals the district court’s termination of his parental rights, arguing error in the admission of statements made by the infant’s deceased mother and challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment. Because we conclude the district court was without jurisdiction in the adoption case and associated proceedings to terminate Father’s parental rights, we vacate the judgment and remand with directions.

Factual and Procedural Background

Natural father began dating natural mother in the spring of2008…