IN RE DONTAYE MILLER MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of DONTAYE MILLER, CECELIA
CLARK, TYRELL CLARK and ANDREW CLARK,
Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
October 26, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
LAREESE CATRINA POWELL and ERIC MILLER,
Nos. 213542;213733
Genesee Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 96-105777 NA
Respondents-Appellants,
and
TYRELL CLARK,
Respondent.
Before: Griffin, P.J., and Zahra and S.L. Pavlich*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondents-appellants appeal as of right from the family court orders terminating their 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). We affirm.
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, 337; 445
NW2d 161 (1989). Further, respondents-appellants failed to show that termination of their parental
rights 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 respondents-appellants’ parental rights to the children.
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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Affirmed.
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
/s/ Brian K. Zahra
/s/ Scott L. Pavlich
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