IN RE FLEMING/WEST MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of FATIMA ANNE FLEMING, TERRI
ANDRIEA FLEMING, ANGEL GARDENIA WEST,
and TERRENCE MICHAEL WEST, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY
UNPUBLISHED
March 3, 1998
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 203154
Wayne Juvenile Court
LC No. 94-321893
FATIMA ESTHER FLEMING, a/k/a FATIMA
ESTHER WEST,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
TERRENCE WEST,
Respondent.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 203252
Wayne Juvenile Court
LC No. 94-321893
TERRENCE M. WEST,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
FATIMA ESTHER FLEMING,
Respondent.
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Before: Michael J. Kelly, P.J., and Fitzgerald and M.G. Harrison*, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Respondents filed separate appeals as of right from a juvenile court order terminating their
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g) and (j); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i), (g) and (j). We affirm. These consolidated appeals have been decided
without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
We note that respondents have not sought judicial review of the referee’s findings and
recommendations pursuant to MCR 5.991. In any event, neither respondent has demonstrated that the
referee clearly erred in recommending that their parental rights be terminated under the clearly erroneous
standard in In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470; 564 NW2d 156 (1997). Further, limiting our
review to the record, respondent Terrence West has not established any basis for relief due to
ineffective assistance of counsel. People v Pickens, 446 Mich 298; 521 NW2d 797 (1994); People v
Dixon, 217 Mich App 400, 408; 552 NW2d 663 (1996); In re Schmeltzer, 175 Mich App 666, 673;
438 NW2d 866 (1989); In re Simon, 171 Mich App 443, 447; 431 NW2d 71 (1988). Hence, we
uphold the juvenile court’s order terminating the respondents’ parental rights based on the referee’s
findings and recommendations. However, petitioner’s request for relief under MCR 7.215(E)(2) is
denied.
Affirmed.
/s/ Michael J. Kelly
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Michael G. Harrison
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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