IN RE HOUSE & GILCREASE MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of DE’RONDIA HOUSE and TYRONE
GILCREASE, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
January 4, 2000
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 218395
Kalamazoo Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 92-000074 NA
HIYWANICA DUNNING,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
MORRIS HOUSE and TYRONE GILCREASE, SR.,
Respondents.
Before: Saad, P.J., and McDonald and Gage, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the family court order terminating her parental
rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g) and (h); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(g) and
(h). We affirm.
Only one statutory ground is required to terminate parental rights. In re McIntyre, 192 Mich
App 47, 50; 480 NW2d 293 (1991). Although the family court erred in terminating respondent
appellant’s parental rights under §19b(3)(h), the court did not clearly err in finding that the remaining
statutory ground for termination, § 19b(3)(g), was 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 Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473;
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564 NW2d 156 (1997). Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s
parental rights to the children. Id.
Affirmed.
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Gary R. McDonald
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
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