IN RE SOWA/SNYDER MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of BENJAMIN ALLEN SOWA,
ALEXANDER SNYDER, CHRISTINA MARIE
SNYDER, FELICIA DAWN SNYDER, GREGORY
SNYDER and HEATHER LEEANN SNYDER,
Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
July 7, 2000
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
DORSEY SNYDER,
No. 222111
Van Buren Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 97-011104
Respondents-Appellant,
and
MELISSA SOWA,
Respondent.
In the Matter of BENJAMIN ALLEN SOWA,
ALEXANDER SNYDER, CHRISTINA MARIE
SNYDER, FELICIA DAWN SNYDER, GREGORY
SNYDER and HEATHER LEEANN SNYDER,
Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 222112
Van Buren Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 97-011104
MELISSA SOWA,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DORSEY SNYDER,
Respondent.
Before: Jansen, P.J., and Hood and Saad, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
In these consolidated appeals, respondents appeal as of right from the family court order
terminating their parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g) and (j); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(g) and (j). We affirm.
The family court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination were
established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974; In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445
NW2d 161 (1989). Further, respondents 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). Thus, the family court did not err
in terminating respondents’ parental rights to the children. Id.
Affirmed.
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Harold Hood
/s/ Henry William Saad
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