IN RE PARNELL & HALL MINORS

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS In the Matter of JOHN PARNELL and PRASHAE HALL, Minors. FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, UNPUBLISHED December 28, 1999 Petitioner-Appellee, v No. 217677 Berrien Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 96-000036 NA ANGELA ROBINSON RAND, Respondent-Appellant, and JOHN PARNELL, SR. and JOHN DOE, Respondents. Before: Saad, P.J., and McDonald and Gage, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondent-appellant appeals as of right the family court order terminating her parental rights to the minor children 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. Only one statutory ground is required to terminate parental rights. In re JS & SM, 231 Mich App 92, 97; 585 NW2d 326 (1998). Although the family court erred in finding that termination was warranted under § 19b(3)(c)(i), it did not clearly err in finding that §§ 19b(3)(b)(ii), (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). Further, respondent-appellant failed to show that termination of her parental rights was clearly not in the children’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5); In re -1­ 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. Respondent raises the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel in her statement of questions presented, but does not address this issue in her brief. Accordingly, the issue has been abandoned. Ohio Farmers Insurance Co v Shamie, 235 Mich App 417, 424; 597 NW2d 553 (1999); Knoke v East Jackson Public School Dist, 201 Mich App 480, 485; 506 NW2d 878 (1993). Affirmed. /s/ Henry William Saad /s/ Gary R. McDonald /s/ Hilda R. Gage -2­

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