IN RE DARIUS LAMONT RENFROE MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of DARIUS LAMONT RENFROE,
Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
August 13, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 213885
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 89-275937
MILDRED ELIZABETH RENFROE,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
RICHARD EDWARD,
Respondent.
Before: Sawyer, P.J., and Holbrook, Jr., and W.E. Collette,* 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)(i); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(i). We affirm.
After reviewing the record, we conclude that the family 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 interest.” 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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