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NDJI - Civil
Burden of Proof Requirements
Clear and Convincing Evidence  
Abandonment of Child
Pritchett v. Executive Dir. of Social Serv. Bd., 325 NW2d 217 (ND 1982)
 
Accountant - Lacking Moral Character for Licensure
NDCC 43-02.2-04
 
Adverse Possession
Burlington N. R.R. v. Hall, 322 NW2d 233, 241 (1982)
 
Adverse Possession - Doctrine of Acquiescence
Knutson v. Jensen, 440 NW2d 260 (ND 1989)
 
Agency Relationship
Struksnes v. Kevin’s Plumbing & Heating, Inc., 1997 ND 245, 572 NW2d 815; Hector v. Metro Ctrs., Inc., 498 NW2d 113, 118 (ND 1993)
 
Communicable Disease - Confinement Procedure
NDCC 23-7.6-08
 
Communicable Disease - HIV Infection
NDCC 23-07.4-01(4) (for compliance with previous order)
 
Communicable Disease - HIV Infection - Emergency Public Health Procedures
NDCC 23-07.4-02(3)
 
Communicable Disease - Tuberculosis
NDCC 23-07.1-08 (providing for treatment and confinement)
 
Constructive Trust - Existence
Black v. Pererson, 442 NW2d 426, 429 (ND 1989)
 
Contract - Reformation of Lease
Mougey Farms v. Kaspari,1998 ND 118, 579 NW2d 583
 
Deed - As Mortgage
Jasper v. Hazen, 58 NW 454 (ND 1894)
 
Deed - Existence When Lost
Nelson v. Christianson, 343 NW2d 375, 377 (ND 1984)
 
Deed - Extention of Redemption
Kenmare Hard Coal, Brick & Tile Co. v. Riley, 126 NW2d 241 (ND 1910)
 
Deed - Negation of Recitals
Wolf v. Schumacher, 477 NW2d 827, 830 (ND 1991)
 
Deed - Rebuttable Presumption that Recording Shows Delivery and Acceptance
Jorgenson v. Crow, 466 NW2d 120, 122 (ND 1991)
 
Domestic Violence & Custody
NDCC 14-09-06.2(j) Berg v. Berg, 2000 ND 36, 606 NW2d 895 (strong presumption of no sole or joint custody for perpetrator of domestic violence)
 
Domestic Violence & Visitation
NDCC 14-05-22(3) (unsupervised visitation for perpetrator of domestic violence)
 
Exemplary Damages
NDCC 32-03.2-11(5) (recovering exemplary damages)
 
Exemplary Damages
NDCC 32-03.2-11(7) (negating defense)
 
Exemplary Damages - Agent/Principal
NDCC 32-03.2-11(8)
 
Exemplary Damages - Limitation
NDCC 19-02.1-26
 
Exemplary Damages - Motor Vehicle Accident
NDCC 32-03.2-11(9)
 
Extradition
NDCC 29-30.3-14, 29-30.3-20
 
Fraud - Employer’s Statements
Smith v. Land o’Lakes, Inc., 1998 ND 219, 587 NW2d 173
 
Fraud - Never Presumed
Albrecht v. Walter, 1997 ND 238, 572 NW2d 809; Fargo Foods, Inc., v. Bernabucci, 1999 ND 120, 596 NW2d 38 (1999)
 
Fraud - On the Court
Sargeant County Bank v. Wentworth, 547 NW2d 753, 761 (ND 1966)
 
Fraud/Deceit - Contracting
Kary v. Prudential Ins. Co., 541 NW2d 703, 705 (ND 1996)
 
Gift
In Re Kaspari’s Estate, 71 NW2d 558 (ND 1955)
 
Grantor - No Signature With Notary
Klundt v. Pfeiffle, 41 NW2d 416 (ND 1950)
 
Guardianship - Incapacitated Persons
NDCC 30.1-28-04(2)(b); Matter of Guardianship of Braaten, 502 NW2d 512 (ND 1993)
 
Health Care - Failure to Prove Need for Treatment
NDCC 25-03.1-19
 
Health Care - Involuntary Treatment With Medication
NDCC 25-03.1-18.1(3) In re JS, 528 NW2d 367, 368 (ND 1995)
 
Health Care - Psychosurgery, Sterilization, or Research
NDCC 25-01.2-11(4)
 
Health Care Provider Agreements
NDCC 23-17.5-07 (establishing that benefits outweigh reduced competition)
 
Homestead Rights - Abandonment
Falconer v. Farmers Union Oil Co., 260 NW2d 1, 2 (ND 1977)
 
Implied Easement
Griffeth v. Eid, 1998 ND 38, 573 NW2d 829
 
Instrument of Conveyance As Mortgage
Sorenson v. Olson, 235 NW2d 892, 895 (ND 1975)
 
Intestate Succession - Fact of Death
NDCC 30.1-01-04(4)
 
Intestate Succession - Heir’s Survival for 120 Hours
NDCC 30.1-04-04
 
Judicial Conduct - Discipline
In re Cieminski, 382 NW2d 649 (ND 1978)
 
Juvenile Needing Treatment or Rehabilitation
NDCC 27-20-29
 
Mediation - Requiring
NDCC 25-03.1-18.1
 
Mental Health Treatment Hearing
NDCC 25-03.1-19
 
Motor Vehicle Illegally Parked - Presumptive Ownership
NDCC 39-10-50(5)
 
Multiparty Account Owner - Contribution
NDCC 30.1-31-05, 30.1-31-08
 
Nonprobate Transfers
NDCC 30.1-31-08(2) (proportion of accounts for multiple owners)
 
Parental Rights - Alternatives to Termination
NDCC 27-20-44(2) (disposition of deprived child)
 
Parental Rights - Termination
NDCC 27-20-44(1)(b) In re JLD, 539 NW2d 73, 75 (ND 1995
 
Parole Gifts Established after Death of Donor
Linvig v. Linvig, 385 NW2d 466, 469 (ND 1986)
 
Paternity - Rebutting Presumption
NDCC 14-17-04(2) In re KEN, 513 NW2d 892, 897 (ND 1994)
 
Personal Liability of Employees of Political Subdivision
NDCC 32-12.1-04(3) (acting outside scope of employment or in reckless, grossly negligent, willful, or wanton manner)
 
Personal Liability of State Employees
NDCC 32-12.2-03(3) (acting outside the scope of employment)
 
Products Liability - Rebuttal of Presumption That Product is Free From Defect
NDCC 28-01.4-02(3) (when misrepresentation, illegal payments, fraud, or concealed evidence)
 
Products Liability - Useful Safe Life of Aviation Product
NDCC 28-01.4-04(2)
 
Survival - Effect of Governing Instrument
NDCC 30.1-09.1-02(4)(b) (when 120 hours not required)
 
Survival - Exceptions to Survival Rule
NDCC 30.1-09.1-02(4)(c)--(d) (when nonvested property or power of appointment would fail)
 
Survival - Presumptive Precedent
NDCC 30.1-09.1-02(1)--(3)
 
Teacher Employment
NDCC 15-27.6-13 (“First Preference” defined - entitlement to employment)
 
Terminate Parental Rights
NDCC 27-20-44; Santosky v. Kramer, 455 US 745, 102 SCt 1388, 455 LEd2 599 (1982)
 
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
NDCC 14-12.2 32(2) - (c) (issuing temporary order)
 
Will - Rebut Presumption of Presumably Valid Will
In re Estate of Stanton, 472 NW2d 741 (ND 1991)
 
Will - Revocation of Prior Will
NDCC 30.1-08-07(3) (when complete disposition of property)
 
Will - Revocation of Validly Executed Will
In re Estate of Papineau, 396 NW2d 735, 738 (ND 1986)
 
Will - Supplement to Will
NDCC 30.1-08-07(4) (when incomplete disposition of property)
 
Workers’ Compensation - Impairment if not Listed
NDCC 65-01-02, 65-01-12
 
Workers’ Compensation - Lump Sum Best
NDCC 65-05-25
 
Preponderance of the Evidence  
Act of God Defense
Lang v. Wonnenberg 455 NW2d 832, 836 (ND 1990) (flooding of land)
 
Administrative Decisions - Appellate Review
NDCC 28-32-19(5)
 
Affirmative Defense
NDCC 12.1-01-03(3)
 
Attempt
NDCC 12.1-06-01(3)
 
Child Support
NDCC 14-09-09.7(3)(rebutting guideline amount)
 
Civil Matters - In General
In re Estate of Otto, 494 NW2d 169, 173 (ND 1992)In re Estate of Otto, 494 NW2d 169, 173 (ND 1992)
 
Competency to Stand Trail
State v. Heger, 326 NW2d 855 (ND 1982)
 
Confession with Voluntary Waiver of Miranda
Colorado v. Connelly, 479 US 157, 107 SCt 515, 93 LEd2 473 (1986)
 
Consent to Search
United States v. Matlock, 415 US 164, 94 SCt 988, 39 LEd2 242 (1974)
 
Consumer Fraud & False Advertising
State ex rel. Spaeth v. Eddy Furniture, 386 NW2d 901, 903 (ND 1986); NDCC ch. 51-12, ch. 51-15
 
Contract - Employment
Phillips v. Dickinson Management, Inc., 1998 ND 123, 580 NW2d 148 (proving that contract was for a specified time)
 
Contract - Offer and Acceptance
Grove v. Charbonneau Buick-Pontiac, Inc., 240 NW2d 853, 856-57 (ND 1976) (offer accepted by substantial performance)
 
Contract - Oral
In re Estate of Hill, 492 NW2d 288, 293 (ND 1992)
 
Convict Noncriminal Game & Fish
NDCC 20.1-01-29
 
Crime/Victim Reparations Requirements
NDCC 54-23.4-02
 
Defendant Fitness (or Communication of Counsel)
NDCC 12.1-04-08
 
Disclosure of HIV Testing
NDCC 23-07.5-07
 
Disposition (Insanity) Defendant Burden
NDCC 12.1-04.1-01
 
Domestic Violence Protection Order - Need
Sandbeck v. Rockwell, 524 NW2d 846 (ND 1994)
 
Elements of Co-Conspirator
State v. Lind v. Carroll, 322 NW 2d 826 (ND 1982)
 
Employment Discrimination
Zimmerman v. Minot Pub. Sch. Dist. No. 1,1998 ND 14, 574 NW2d 797; Schumacher v. ND Hosp. Ass’n, 528 NW2d 374, 378 (ND 1995) (standard applying to initial burden of Plaintiff’s prima facie case and to Defendant’s showing that action was motivated by at least one legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason)
 
Entrapment
NDCC 12.1-05-11
 
Exemplary Damages - Amending Pleadings
NDCC 32-03.2-11 (1) (when oppression, fraud, or actual malice found)
 
Forfeiture
NDCC 19-03.1-36.2 (property), 19-03.1-36.7 (establishing that interest or security interest was established at time of seizure)
 
Fraud or Fraudulent Concealment of Claim - Tolls Statute of Limitations
NDCC 28-01-24
 
Game & Fish Violations
NDCC 20.1-01-29(3) (noncriminal)
 
Inevitable Discovery
Nix v. Williams, 467 US 431, 104 SCt 2501, 81 LEd2 377 (1984)
 
Intestate Succession
NDCC 30.1-10-03(7) (absent conviction, finding individual criminally accountable for killing the decedent)
 
Legal Malpractice
Bye v. Mack, 519 NW2d 302, 305 (ND 1994) (proving that attorney was negligent and that negligence was proximate cause of damages)
 
Modification (Insanity) Defendant Burden
NDCC 12.1-04.1-24-25
 
Motor Vehicle Chop Shops
NDCC 39-30-05(1) (violation or threat of violation)
 
Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax
NDCC 57-43.1-17.1 (challenge to assessment)
 
Personal Confidence (Trustee)
NDCC 59-01-08
 
Products Liability
Bismarck Baptist Church v. Wiedemann Indus., Inc., 201 NW2d 434, 440 (ND 1972) (applying negligence standard)
 
Products Liability - Aviation
NDCC 28-01.4-03 (presumption of state-of-the-art product)
 
Products Liability - Implied Warranty
Northwestern Equip., Inc. v. Cudmore, 312 NW2d 347, 352 (ND 1981)
 
Products Liability - Strict Liability
Morrison v. Grand Forks Housing Auth., 436 NW2d 221, 226 n.8 (ND 1989) (applying standard to proof of defective design or manufacture, unreasonably dangerous nature, existence of defect when product left manufacturer, lack of change in condition, and causation)
 
Racketeering (Civil)
NDCC 12.1-06.1-05
 
Relationship of Confidence - Establishing
Black v. Peterson, 442 NW2d 426, 429 (ND 1989)
 
Revoke Probation
NDRCrimP 32(f)
 
Special Fuels Tax
NDCC 57-43.2-16 (challenge to assessment)
 
Theft Special Class
NDCC 12.1-23-05
 
Traffic Violations - Commercial Driver’s License Suspension
NDCC 39-06.2-10.6
 
Traffic Violations - Driver’s License Suspension
NDCC 39-06-32, 39-20-05
 
Traffic ViolationsNDCC 39-06.1-03(6)
NDCC 39-06.1-03(6)
 
Visitation - Denial
Johnson v. Schlotman, 502 NW2d 831 (ND 1992)
 
Waiver of Miranda Rights
State v. Newnam, 409 NW2d 79 (ND 1987)
 
Warrant Obtained by Perjury
State v. Rydberg, 519 NW 2d 306 (ND 1994)
 
Will - Testamentary Capacity
In re Estate of Wagner, 551 NW2d 292, 295 (ND 1996)
 
Will - Undue Influence
In re Estate of Otto, 494 NW2d 169, 173 (ND 1992) (relating to execution)
 
Workers’ Compensation - Reapplication for Disability Benefits
NDCC 65-05-08 (proof rather than preponderance of the evidence now required for reapplication)
 
Workers’ Compensation - Rebuttable Presumption of Retirement
NDCC 65-05-09.3
 
Workers’ Compensation Entitlement
NDCC 65-01-11
 
Two Burdens of Proof  
Delinquency & Unruliness
NDCC 27-20-29(2) - (3) Huff v. KP, 302 NW2d 779, 784 (ND 1981)
 
Cancellation of a Certificate of Public Advantage
NDCC 23-17.5-08