IN RE MILLER/POWELL MINORS

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS In the Matter of VICTOR DEMAR MILLER, LOREAL DANAE MILLER, and RENALDO V. POWELL, Minors. FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, UNPUBLISHED February 19, 1999 Petitioner-Appellee, v No. 212075 Wayne Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 93-310422 LYNDA GAYLE MILLER, Respondent-Appellant, and ANGELO CHAMBLISS and WILLIAMS POOLE, Respondents. Before: Murphy, P.J., and MacKenzie and Talbot, JJ PER CURIAM. Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from a lower court order terminating her 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. Respondent-appellant made minimal progress in satisfactorily completing the requirements of the parent-agency agreement during the three-year period of court involvement. 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; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). -1­ Once the court found that a statutory ground for termination existed, it was required to terminate respondent-appellant's parental rights unless termination was clearly not in the children’s best interests. MCL 712A.19(b)(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5); In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472; 564 NW2d 156 (1997). Because respondent-appellant failed to show that termination of her parental rights was clearly not in the children’s best interests, the lower court did not err in terminating her parental rights to the children. Id. Affirmed. /s/ William B. Murphy /s/ Barbara B. MacKenzie /s/ Michael J. Talbot -2­

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