IN RE MORRIS MINORS

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS In the Matter of DAIJO’IN QAI’VON MORRIS and KALEB A’VON MORRIS, Minors. FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, UNPUBLISHED August 3, 1999 Petitioner-Appellee, v NICOLE VANESSA MORRIS and TOLIVER OTIS RILEY, JR., Nos. 214208; 214648 Wayne Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 84-243348 Respondents-Appellants. Before: Sawyer, P.J., and Holbrook, Jr., and W. E. Collette,* JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondents appeal as of right from the family court order terminating their parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), (i) and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i), (g), (i) and (j). 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 grounds for termination set forth in §§ 19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j) were established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Therefore, it is unnecessary to determine whether termination of respondent Morris’ parental rights was also warranted under § 19b(3)(i). In re Perry, 193 Mich App 648, 651; 484 NW2d 768 (1992). Further, respondent Morris failed to show, and respondent Riley does not argue, 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, 473; 564 NW2d 156 (1997). Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondents’ parental rights to the children. Id. Affirmed. * Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment. -1­ /s/ David H. Sawyer /s/ Donald E. Holbrook, Jr. /s/ William E. Collette -2­

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