IN RE FREEMAN MINORS

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS In the Matter of FELICIA LEANNE FREEMAN, CANDICE ELISE FREEMAN and DEBRA ANN FREEMAN, Minors. FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, UNPUBLISHED April 6, 1999 Petitioner-Appellee, v No. 211895 Wayne County Circuit Court Juvenile Division LC No. 96-349705 TAMMY RUTH FREEMAN, Respondent-Appellant, and DONALD BUDLONG and GARY GREEN, Respondents. Before: McDonald, P.J., and Hood and Doctoroff, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the family court order terminating her parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (c)(ii), (e) and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (c)(ii), (e) and (j). We affirm. This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). Only one statutory ground is required to terminate parental rights. In re McIntyre, 192 Mich App 47, 50; 480 NW2d 293 (1991). Although the family court may have erred in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights under §§ 19b(3)(c)(ii) and (e), the family court did not clearly err in finding that the remaining statutory grounds for termination, i.e., §§ 19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i) and (j), were -1­ 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). Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the children. Id. Affirmed. /s/ Gary R. McDonald /s/ Harold Hood /s/ Martin M. Doctoroff -2­

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