IN RE LARAE WALKER MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of LARAE WALKER, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
October 2, 1998
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 208564
Kent Juvenile Court
LC No. 90-001353 NA
MELVIN L. WALKER, SR.,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ANTHONY VANCE and LATISE LITTLE,
Respondents.
Before: Hood, P.J., and Griffin and O’Connell, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from a juvenile court order terminating his parental
rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g), (h), and (i); MSA 27.3178 (598.19b)(3)(g), (h),
and (i). This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). We affirm.
The juvenile court, upon considering respondent-appellant’s conviction, length of sentence, and
possibility for a successful appeal, did not clearly err in finding that the statutory ground for termination
under § 19b(3)(h) was established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433
Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Nor did the juvenile court clearly err in finding that grounds
for termination under § 19b(3)(g) and (i) were also established by clear and convincing evidence.
Therefore, because respondent-appellant failed to show that termination of his parental rights was
clearly not in the child’s best interests, MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5), the court did
not err in terminating respondent
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appellant’s parental rights to the child. In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473; 564 NW2d
156 (1997).
Affirmed.
/s/ Harold Hood
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
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