IN RE AMIR NYCOLE COAN MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of AMIR NYCOLE COAN, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
February 20, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 227399
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-370392
LASHANNA MONIQUE COAN,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
LATIE BIBBS,
Respondent.
Before: Bandstra, C.J., and Griffin and Collins, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant Lashanna Monique Coan (respondent) appeals as of right from the
order terminating her parental rights to Amir Nycole Coan pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(i),
(c)(i), (g), and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(a)(i), (c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm.
After thoroughly reviewing the record, we are satisfied that the circuit court did not
clearly err in finding that §§ 19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j) were established by clear and convincing
evidence.1 In re Jackson, 199 Mich App 22, 25; 501 NW2d 182 (1993). Testimony regarding
respondent’s long-standing and serious drug problem, her failure to comply in any meaningful
way with the parent-agency agreement, and her sporadic visitation with the minor child supports
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The court’s reference to subsection (3)(a)(i) appears to have been inadvertent. There is no
evidence on the record to support a finding that respondent was unidentified. In any event, only a
single statutory ground is required in order to terminate parental rights. In re Sours, 459 Mich
624, 633; 593 NW2d 520 (1999).
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termination under all three subsections. Further, the evidence did not establish that termination
of respondent’s parental rights was clearly not in the child’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5);
MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000).
Affirmed.
/s/ Richard A. Bandstra
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
/s/ Jeffrey G. Collins
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