IN RE JOSHUA KOPE MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of JOSHUA KOPE, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
August 13, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 215695
Jackson Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 97-019585
BETTY SUE KOPE,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
LEMAR LAMBERT,
Respondent.
Before: White, P.J., and Markey and Wilder, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals by right from a family court order terminating her parental rights
to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g) and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(g) 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 were
established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I), In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 344-345;
445 NW2d 161 (1989). Further, 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).
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Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the child. Id.
We affirm.
/s/ Helene N. White
/s/ Jane E. Markey
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
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