IN RE JEFFRIES & JACKSON MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of MALCOLM JEFFRIES, JR.,
MONTREAL
JEFFRIES,
and
KLAIVON
JACKSON, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
March 26, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 213522
Kalamazoo Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No.
97-000092 NA
MALCOLM JEFFRIES,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
CLARENCE JACKSON,
Respondent.
Before: O’Connell, P.J., and Jansen and Collins, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant (hereafter “respondent”) appeals as of right from a family court order
terminating his parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(h); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(h). We affirm. This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to
MCR 7.214(E).
The family court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory ground for termination was
established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331; 445 NW2d
161 (1989). Further, respondent failed to show that termination of his parental rights was “clearly not”
in the children’s best interests. MCL 712A.19(b)(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5); In re Hall-Smith,
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222 Mich App 470, 472; 564 NW2d 156 (1997). Thus, the family court did not err in terminating
respondent's parental rights to the children. Id.
Affirmed.
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Jeffrey G. Collins
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