IN RE BRIANNA COLLINS MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of BRIANNA M. COLLINS, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
May 11, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
LEANN COLLINS,
No. 214141
Calhoun Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 94-000533 NA
Respondent-Appellant.
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)(c)(i), (g), (j) and (m); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i), (g), (j) and (m). We affirm.
Because respondent-appellant concedes that at least one statutory ground, namely § 19b(3)(m),
was established by clear and convincing evidence and does not otherwise contest the merits of the
decision on the remaining statutory grounds, we presume that the court did not clearly err in finding that
the statutory grounds were proven by clear and convincing evidence. In re JS & SM, 231 Mich App
92, 98-99; 585 NW2d 326 (1998). Moreover, we find that 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 NW2d 156 (1997).
Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondent-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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