IN RE SAUNDERS/MERCER MINORS

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS __________________________________________ In the Matter of ALEXIS SHANON ROUSER, CY SHELTON WILLIAMS, SHYNAI DANEEN SAUNDERS, and HENRY JUJUAN SHERRARD MERCER, Minors. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, UNPUBLISHED May 9, 1997 Petitioner-Appellee, v No. 195022 Wayne Probate Court LC No. 90-286566 MILDRED COLETTE SAUNDERS, Respondent-Appellant, and CLYDE WILLIAMS and GREGORY MERCER, Respondents. Before: Corrigan, C.J., and Young and Michael J. Talbot,* JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the March 14, 1996 order of the probate court terminating her parental rights to the minor children, Shynai Daneen Saunders and Henry JuJuan Sherrard Mercer, under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) and (g); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i) and (g). 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, respondent-appellant failed to show that termination of her parental rights * Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment. -1­ 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 respondent-appellant’s 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 -2­

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