IN RE DOUGLAS RODGERS MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of TANYA RODGERS, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
November 28, 2000
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 225642
Berrien Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-000011-NA
THEODORA RODGERS,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DOUGLAS TYUS,
Respondent.
In the Matter of DOUGLAS RODGERS, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 225908
Berrien Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-000079-NA
THEODORA RODGERS,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DOUGLAS TYUS,
Respondent.
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Before: Neff, P.J., and Murphy and Griffin, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
In these consolidated cases, respondent-mother (“respondent”) appeals as of right the
family court orders terminating her parental rights to the minor children pursuant to MCL
712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c), (g), and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(a)(ii), (c), (g), and (j). We affirm.
Only one statutory ground is required to terminate parental rights. In re Huisman, 230
Mich App 372, 384-385; 584 NW2d 349 (1998), overruled in part on other grounds, In re Trejo,
462 Mich 341, 352-353, n 10; 612 NW2d 423 (2000). The family court did not clearly err in
finding that termination under each of the four subsections was established by clear and
convincing evidence, given respondent’s continuing issues with alcohol abuse and domestic
violence in her home, and her express decision to cease contact with the children in July 1999.
MCR 5.974(I); Huisman, supra.
The record does not support respondent’s contention that termination was clearly not in
the best interests of the children, in view of respondent’s noncompliance with service plans and
her failure to change her home environment. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5), In
re Trejo, supra at 354, 364.
Affirmed.
/s/ Janet T. Neff
/s/ William B. Murphy
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
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