IN RE BURNS/ROBINSON/BOWDEN/JONES MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of MARSHALL TYRONE
RAYNELL BURNS, DUNIELL NATHIEL
ROBINSON, LAQUITA DANIELLE ROBINSON,
BRANDON MARTEZ ROBINSON, QUENTIN
NATHIEL BOWDEN, JR AND BRITTINY
LATRICE JONES, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
January 23, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 223894
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-367148
MARSHALL BURNS,
Respondent-Appellant.
and
BRANDON JONES,
Respondent.
Before: Saad, P.J. and Griffin and R. B. Burns*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from a juvenile court order terminating his
parental rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (g) and (j); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (g) and (j). We affirm.
Respondent-appellant’s claim that the court’s factual findings are deficient is without
merit. The court was not required to affirmatively find that termination was in the child’s best
interests. In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). Moreover, the court
specifically found that termination was clearly not contrary to the child’s best interests, relying
* Former Court of Appeals judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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on the length of time he was in foster care, necessity for permanent planning and the fact that
respondent had shown no interest in caring for the child or providing for his welfare. The court
also noted that respondent-appellant had not shown any commitment to a reunification plan.
Moreover, respondent-appellant’s claim that the court’s questioning deprived him of a
fair trial is also without merit. The court was entitled to call and examine defendant and other
witnesses since it apparently felt that the evidence had not been fully developed. MCR 5.923.
Affirmed.
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
/s/ Robert B. Burns
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