IN RE AKEELA TAYLOR-PARKER MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
__________________________________________
In the Matter of AKEELA TAYLOR-PARKER,
Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
May 11, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 212955
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 96-346918
MAKELA STARR TAYLOR,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
JEREMY PARKER,
Respondent.
Before: Kelly, P.J., and Neff and Smolenski, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the family court order terminating her parental
rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(i) and (ii), (c)(i), (g) and (j); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(b)(i) and (ii), (c)(i), (g) and (j). We affirm.
The family court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination under §§
19b(3)(b)(i), (c)(i), (g) and (j) were established by clear and convincing evidence.1 MCR 5.974(I); In
re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Moreover, respondent-appellant failed to
show that termination of her parental rights was clearly not in the child’s best interests. MCL
712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5); In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473; 564
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NW2d 156 (1997). Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondent
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appellant’s parental rights to the child. Id.
Affirmed.
/s/ Michael J. Kelly
/s/ Janet T. Neff
/s/ Michael R. Smolenski
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Arguably, § 19b(3)(b)(ii) does not apply to the facts in the present case. However, we conclude that the trial court’s
reliance on § 19b(3)(b)(ii) constituted harmless error because the court’s order was supported by clear and
convincing evidence on the four other statutory grounds as set forth in this opinion.
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