IN RE HOWARD/JOHNSON MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of HERMAN HOWARD III and
DI’MOND JOHNSON, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
February 19, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 211019
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 93-308121
JOYMOND EDELL GILLESPIE,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
HERMAN HOWARD, CHARLES JOHNSON
and GEORGE D. LYONS,
Respondents.
Before: Murphy, P.J., and MacKenzie and Talbot, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the lower court order terminating her parental
rights to the minor children 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. This case is being decided without oral
argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
The lower 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-appellant failed to show that termination of her parental rights
was clearly not in the children’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5); In re
Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473; 564 NW2d 156 (1997). In
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light of its findings, the lower court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights and
in refusing to place the children with respondent’s mother. Id.; In re McIntyre, 192 Mich App 47, 52;
480 NW2d 293 (1991).
Affirmed.
/s/ William B. Murphy
/s/ Barbara B. MacKenzie
/s/ Michael J. Talbot
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