IN RE GREEN/JONES/RAMSEY MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of DORIAN C. GREEN, EMILY
RENEE JONES, ALLYCIA MARIE RAMSEY,
FALLICIA ANNE RAMSEY, WILLIE RAMSEY III
and JOHNATHON RAMSEY, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
June 30, 2000
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 218788
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 89-274915
DEIDRE LYNN JONES,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
WILLIE RAMSEY, JR..,
Respondent.
In the Matter of DORIAN C. GREEN, EMILY
RENEE JONES, ALLYCIA MARIE RAMSEY,
FALLICIA ANNE RAMSEY, WILLIE RAMSEY III
and JOHNATHON RAMSEY, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 219609
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
WILLIE RAMSEY, JR,
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LC No. 89-274915
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DEIDRE LYNN JONES,
Respondent.
Before: O’Connell, P.J., and Kelly and Whitbeck, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent Deidre Lynn Jones appeals as of right, and respondent Willie Ramsey, Jr. appeals
by delayed leave granted, from the circuit court order terminating their parental rights to the minor
children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(i), (g) and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(b)(i), (g) and (j). We
affirm.
The court’s findings of fact, while brief, are sufficiently definite to satisfy MCR 5.974(G)(1).
Further, although the statutory grounds for termination were not explicitly stated on the record, the
court’s comments make clear that the court was relying on §§ 19b(3)(b)(i), (g) and (j) as the statutory
grounds for termination of parental rights. Cf. In re Toler, 193 Mich App 474, 476; 484 NW2d 672
(1992). Moreover, the court did not clearly err in finding that these statutory grounds were established
by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I), In re Miller, 433 Mich 331; 445 NW2d 161
(1989). Respondents also failed to show that termination of their 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; 564 NW2d 156 (1997). Accordingly, the court did not err in terminating
respondents’ parental rights to the children. Id.
Affirmed.
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
/s/ Michael J. Kelly
/s/ William C. Whitbeck
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