IN RE CHRISTOPHER POTTER-MURDZIA MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of
MURDZIA, Minor.
CHRISTOPHER
POTTER-
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
January 4, 2000
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 218424
Muskegon Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-025988 NA
RYAN MURDZIA,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
LISA POTTER,
Respondent.
Before: Saad, P.J., and McDonald and Gage, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating his parental rights
to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g) and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(g) and (j).1 We
affirm.
The trial 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, respondent-appellant failed to show that termination of his 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).
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Thus, the trial court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the child. Id.
Affirmed.
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Gary R. McDonald
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
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Respondent-appellant asserts that his parental rights were also terminated under § 19b(3)(b)(i), but it
is clear from the record that his parental rights were terminated under §§ 19b(3)(g) and (j) only, and
that § 19b(3)(b)(i) has no applicability to these proceedings.
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