IN RE SAMPSON/HODGES MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
__________________________________________
In the Matter of CHARLES RAYMOND HODGES,
JEREMY K. HODGES, and NATASHA ANNETTE
SAMPSON, Minors
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
May 9, 1997
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 187127
Wayne Probate Court
LC No. 91-294608
DENNIS HODGES,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DEANNA C. HODGES,
Respondent.
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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 187587
Wayne Probate Court
LC No. 91-294608
DEANNA C. HODGES,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DENNIS HODGES and ROY SAMPSON,
Respondent.
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Before: Corrigan, C.J., and Young and Michael J. Talbot,* JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondents-appellants appeal as of right from the April 4, 1995 and June 8, 1995 orders of
the probate court terminating their parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i),
(g) and (h); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i), (g) and (h). We affirm.
The probate court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination were
established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445
NW2d 161 (1989). Further, respondents-appellants failed to show that termination of their parental
rights was clearly not in the children’s best interests. In re Hall-Smith, ___ Mich App ___; ___
NW2d ___ (Docket No. 195833, issued 3/25/97), slip op p 3. Thus, the probate court did not err in
terminating respondents-appellants’ parental rights to the children. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(5).
Affirmed.
/s/ Maura D. Corrigan
/s/ Robert P. Young, Jr.
/s/ Michael J. Talbot
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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