IN RE JOHNSON/PAYNES MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
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In the Matter of LEWIS JOHNSON and HENRY PAYNES,
Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
November 25, 1997
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 201679
Wayne Juvenile Court
LC No. 89-281612
LEWIS WEST, JR.,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
TAMARA JOHNSON,
Respondent.
Before: Jansen, P.J., and Fitzgerald and Young, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the juvenile court order terminating his parental rights to the
minor child, Lewis Johnson, under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (g) and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (g)
and (j). We affirm.
The juvenile 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 his parental rights was clearly not in the child’s best
interests. In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473; 564 NW2d 156 (1997). Thus, the juvenile court did not err in
terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the child. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5).
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Affirmed.
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Robert P. Young, Jr.
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