IN RE RONNIE LYNN PAINTER MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of RONNIE LYNN PAINTER and
SAMANTHA RENE PAINTER, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
August 10, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 211898
Macomb Juvenile Court
LC No. 95-041174 NA
RONALD PAINTER,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DEATRA PAINTER,
Respondent.
Before: Sawyer, P.J., and Holbrook, Jr., and W. E. Collette,* JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from a juvenile court order terminating his 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).1 We affirm. This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
After reviewing the record, we conclude that the juvenile court did not clearly err in finding that
the statutory grounds for termination were established by clear and convincing evidence. In re Miller,
433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Further, the court did not err in finding that the
presumption in favor of termination thereby raised was not overcome by a showing that termination of
respondent-appellant’s parental rights “is clearly not in the child’s best interests.” MCL 712A.19b(5);
MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5). Accord In re Huisman, 230 Mich App 372, 385; 584 NW2d 349
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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(1998). Therefore, we hold that the juvenile court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s
parental rights. In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 473; 564 NW2d 156 (1997).
Affirmed.
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Donald E. Holbrook, Jr.
/s/ William E. Collette
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Respondent-appellant also claims that his parental rights were terminated under § 19b(3)(j), but the
record indicates that the trial court did not rely on this subsection as a basis for termination.
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