IN INTEREST OF G.D-M.

Nos. 20190232, 20190233.

933 N.W.2d 467 (2019)

2019 ND 235

In the INTEREST OF G.D-M., a child. State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee. v. G.D-M., Child; C.D., Mother; Barb Oliger, Guardian ad Litem; Executive Director ND DHS, Respondents, and R.M-Z., Father, Respondent and Appellant. and In the Interest of A.D-M., a child State of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellee, v. A.D-M., Child; C.D., Mother; Barb Oliger, Guardian ad Litem; Executive Director ND DHS, Respondents, and R.M-Z., Father, Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

Filed October 3, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Pulkrabek , Mandan, ND, for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief.

Tessa Vaagen and Mary Melech , Assistant State's Attorneys, Bismarck, ND, for petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief.


[¶1] R.M-Z., the father of G.D-M. and A.D-M., appeals from orders terminating his parental rights to the children. R.M-Z. argues he received ineffective assistance of counsel from his trial attorney and the evidence was insufficient to establish he did not want to attend the trial. Because the face of the record does not establish that...

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