F.L.W. v. State

BANKS, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In this action a father convicted of felony child abuse appeals from a youth court order refusing to modify a previous order directing that he not have contact with his children as long as he is incarcerated in the penitentiary. We conclude that, because the father failed to appeal *1034the original adjudicatory and dispositional orders, the only issue ripe for decision in today’s controversy is whether there has been a material change in circumstances such that it is in the best interest of the child to modify that order. There is no such change. Accordingly, we…