IN RE WATKINS MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of KIARA TENICE WATKINS and
TIARA UNIQUE WATKINS, Minors
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FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
February 27, 1998
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 202694
LC No. 95-332901
MICHAEL GENTRIES,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
TOREENA DELORES WATKINS and RICKY
WILLIAMS,
Respondents
Before: Michael J. Kelly, P.J., and Fitzgerald and M.G. Harrison*, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Respondent Gentries appeals as of right from the juvenile court order terminating his parental
rights as to the minor child, Tiara Watkins, 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 err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination were
supported by clear and convincing evidence. In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161
(1989); In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473; 564 NW2d 156 (1997). Moreover,
respondent-appellant failed to show that terminating his parental rights was clearly not in the child’s best
interest. Thus, the court did not err in terminating those rights. In re Smith, supra.
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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Affirmed.
/s/ Michael J. Kelly
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Michael G. Harrison
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