IN RE PETERS MINORS

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS In the Matter of SHANE C. PETERS and JAMES T. PETERS, Minors. FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, UNPUBLISHED November 30, 1999 Petitioner-Appellee, v TAMARA PETERS, No. 216528 Oakland Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 97-062967 NA Respondent-Appellant, and MICHAEL PETERS, Respondent. Before: Jansen, P.J., and Hoekstra and J. R. Cooper*, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from a family court order terminating her 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. This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). Because respondent-appellant pleaded no contest to the allegations in the termination petition and did not move to withdraw her plea in the trial court, her challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence in support of the statutory grounds for termination is not preserved for appeal. In re Campbell, 170 Mich App 238, 250; 428 NW2d 347 (1988). Further, respondent-appellant failed to show that termination 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). Although respondent offered three relatives as alternative custodians, the court did not clearly err in * Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment. determining that termination was warranted and not contrary to the children’s best interests. Id.; In re IEM, 233 Mich App 438, 453; 592 NW2d 751 (1999). Affirmed. /s/ Kathleen Jansen /s/ Joel P. Hoekstra /s/ Jessica R. Cooper -2

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