In re R.T.L.P.

This is an appeal from a ruling of the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, granting long-term custody of R.T.L.P. to his natural grandmother and her husband. Mother appeals. We affirm.

The issues presented for our review are:

1. Did the District Court err in determining that R.T.L.P. was a “youth in need of care?”

2. Is the granting of long-term custody until age 18 the equivalent of a termination of parental rights, requiring that the statutory factors of termination be established?

3. Was the mother constitutionally entitled to effective assistance of counsel?