IN RE MCLAURIN/DORCH MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of CHARLES D. MCLAURIN,
CORNELL D. MCLAURIN, and MARQUAISA R.
DORCH, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
April 14, 2000
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 219881
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-364562
TAMMY MCLAURIN,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
CHRISTOPHER DORCH and DARNELL SMITH,
Respondents.
In the Matter of MARQUAISA R. DORCH, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
TAMMY MCLAURIN and DARNELL SMITH,
Respondents,
-1
No. 220125
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-364562
and
CHRISTOPHER DORCH,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Hood, P.J., and Gage and Whitbeck, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
In Docket No. 219881, respondent Tammy McLaurin appeals as of right from the trial court’s
order terminating her parental rights to the three minor children. In Docket No. 220125, respondent
Christopher Dorch appeals as of right from the trial court’s order terminating his parental rights to the
minor child, Marquaisa Dorch. The order provided that respondents’ parental rights were terminated
pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(a), (c), (h), and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(a), (c), (h), and (j).
We affirm.
A court may terminate parental rights if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that
one of the statutory grounds for termination exists. MCL 712A.19b(3); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3);
In re McIntyre, 192 Mich App 47, 50; 480 NW2d 293 (1991). The family court did not clearly err in
finding that the statutory grounds for termination were established by clear and convincing evidence. In
re Hamlet (After Remand), 225 Mich App 505, 515; 571 NW2d 750 (1997). Furthermore,
respondent Dorch, who was serving a life sentence for murder, 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 IEM, 233 Mich App 438, 451; 592 NW2d 751 (1999). Thus, the family
court did not err in terminating respondent Dorch’s parental rights to the child. Id.
Affirmed.
/s/ Harold Hood
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
/s/ William C. Whitbeck
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