IN RE AMANDA; CORIE; CHRISTINA AND ROBERT BELL II MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of AMANDA BELL, CORIE LYNN
BELL, CHRISTINA LYNN BELL, and ROBERT
MITCHELL BELL, II, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
June 8, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
ROBERT MITCHELL BELL and AIMEE MELISSA
BELL,
No. 213043
Clare Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 96-000121 NA
Respondents-Appellants.
Before: Hoekstra, P. J., and Saad and R. B. Burns*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondents appeal from a family court order terminating their parental rights to the minor
children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) and (g); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i) and (g). We affirm.
The family 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, 337; 445
NW2d 161 (1989). Further, respondents failed to show that termination of their 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 respondents’ parental rights to the children. Id.
Affirmed.
* Former Court of Appeals judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Robert B. Burns
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