IN RE BUSSING ROE & STECK MINORS

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS In the Matter of HALLA BUSSING, PATRICK ROE and DYLAN STECK, Minors. FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, UNPUBLISHED September 17, 1999 Petitioner-Appellee, v No. 216129 Kalamazoo Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 97-000047 NA JAMES ROE, Respondent-Appellant, and ANDREA BUSSING, Respondent. Before: Markman, P.J., and Saad and P.D. Houk,* JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the family court order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, Halla Bussing, 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). Respondent-appellant’s challenge to the accuracy of his no contest plea is n preserved for ot appeal because he did not move to withdraw his plea in the trial court. In re Campbell, 170 Mich App 243, 249-250; 428 NW2d 347 (1988). In any event, the record indicates that the trial court reviewed all of the reports filed in the case before accepting respondent-appellant’s plea, and those documents established sufficient factual support for the court’s findings that termination was justified under § 19b(3)(g), and that termination of parental rights was also in the best interests of the child. MCR * Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment. -1­ 5.971(C)(2). The trial court’s failure to state why a plea of no contest was appropriate does not warrant reversal because it is clear from the record that the parties and the court all believed that a no contest plea was appropriate because of concern over criminal liability. See People v Byrd, 150 Mich App 624, 628; 389 NW2d 710 (1986); People v Johnson, 150 Mich App 568, 570-571; 389 NW2d 133 (1986). Affirmed. /s/ Stephen J. Markman /s/ Henry William Saad /s/ Peter D. Houk -2­

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