IN RE UPSHAW & PRATT MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
__________________________________________
In the Matter of DAVID E. UPSHAW, DWAYNE L.
PRATT, DWAN MAURICE PRATT, DANIEL
PRATT, DERRICK L. UPSHAW and DOMINIQUE
FAYE PRATT, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
September 18, 1998
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 207343
Berrien Juvenile Court
LC No. 96-000012 NA
SHIRLEY UPSHAW,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DAVID PRATT,
Respondent.
Before: Hood, P.J., and Griffin and O’Connell, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent Shirley Upshaw appeals as of right from a juvenile court order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) and (ii), (g) and (j); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i) and (ii), (g) and (j). This case is being decided without oral argument
pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). 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 Upshaw failed to show that termination of her parental rights
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was clearly not in the children’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 Upshaw’s parental
rights to the children. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178 (598.19b)(5).
Affirmed.
/s/ Harold Hood
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
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