IN RE EDWARDS WILLIAMS & MCLAIN MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of ELISA MARIE EDWARDS,
CHARLES WILLIAMS, JR., CARL WILLIAMS and
JASMINE MCCLAIN, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
September 3, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 214556
Kalamazoo Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 94-000059 NA
RHONDA GAINES,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ELI EDWARDS, LASHAWN MCCLAIN and
CHARLES WILLIAMS, SR.,
Respondents.
Before: Markman P.J., and Saad and P. D. Houk*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the family court order terminating her parental
rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(g). 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 ground for termination was
established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445
NW2d 161 (1989). Further, respondent-appellant failed to show that termination of her parental rights
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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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 respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the children. Id.
Affirmed.
/s/ Stephen J. Markman
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Peter D. Houk
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