Adoption of K.J.K.

Summary

The North Dakota Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of a petition by a 76-year-old man seeking to adopt a 40-year-old woman. The Court held that the district court's factual findings were not clearly erroneous and that its denial of the petition was not an abuse of discretion, given concerns about the adoption's purposes, the adoptee's relationship with her mother, the petitioner's health and finances, and the parties' inconsistent accounts. The opinion contains no separate writings.