IN RE RIKKER WILLIAM STAFFORD MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of RIKKER WILLIAM STAFFORD,
Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
December 10, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 214009
Washtenaw Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 96-024490 NA
LISA M. STAFFORD,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Jansen, P.J., and Hoekstra and J. R. Cooper*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from a family court order terminating her parental rights to the
minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(ii), (c)(i), (g) and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(b)(ii), (c)(i),
(g) and (j). We affirm. This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
Only one statutory ground is required to terminate parental rights. In re Jackson, 199 Mich
App 22, 25; 501 NW2d 182 (1993). Here, the family court did not clearly err in finding that
§§ 19b(3)(c)(i), (g) and (j) were all established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re
Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Accordingly, we need not decide whether
termination was also proper under § 19b(3)(b)(ii). Contrary to what respondent argues, this case is
factually distinguishable from In re Newman, 189 Mich App 61; 472 NW2d 38 (1991). Next,
respondent 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). Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondent's
parental rights to the child. Id.
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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Affirmed.
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
/s/ Jessica R. Cooper
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