In Re the Custody & Parental Rights of M.D.

Appellant James Lee Cameron (Cameron) appeals the order of the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, which terminated his parental rights over his daughter, M.D. We affirm.

Cameron is M.D.’s natural father. On September 4,1990, Cameron pled guilty under North Carolina v. Alford (1970), 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162, to two counts of felony sexual assault. One count to which Cameron pled guilty alleged that he sexually assaulted M.D., who was eleven years old.

On November 15, 1990, the court sentenced him to twenty years with five years suspended on each count.…