IN RE SMITHS/JOHNSON/HENRY MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of DEWAYNE LEE SMITH, CIARA
JAVON SMITH, TIJUAN ISAAC SMITH and
DEMAIEL UTON SMITH, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY
UNPUBLISHED
April 24, 1998
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 204616
Wayne Juvenile Court
LC No. 85-246603
DOREEN SMITH,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ALAN JOHNSON and CHARLES ALPHONSO
HENRY, SR.,
Respondents.
Before: Neff, P.J., and White and D. A. Teeple*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent mother appeals as of right from a juvenile court order terminating her parental rights
to her children under MCL 712A.19b(3); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3). We affirm.
The juvenile court did not abuse its discretion when it denied respondent mother’s request to
adjourn the proceedings as long as she was t e target of a criminal investigation into whether she
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sexually abused one of her sons, In re Jackson, 199 Mich App 22, 28; 501 NW2d 182 (1993), where
the ruling would have delayed the proceedings four to six weeks or longer, depending on whether
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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criminal charges were brought against respondent mother, and where the ruling did not
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deprive her of an opportunity to testify and refute a substantial portion of the evidence of abuse and
neglect presented against by petitioner. Phillips v Deihm, 213 Mich App 389, 399-400; 541 NW2d
566 (1995); In re Strickland, 148 Mich App 659, 663-664; 384 NW2d 833 (1986); People v
Ferency, 133 Mich App 526, 533-534; 351 NW2d 225 (1984).
Affirmed.
/s/ Janet T. Neff
/s/ Helene N. White
/s/ Donald A. Teeple
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