IN RE LITTLE JOE ROCK HENNESSEE MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of LITTLE JOE ROCK
HENNESSEE, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
April 10, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 220474
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 96-347437
APRIL LORRAINE FORTNER,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
CEDRIC HENNESSEE,
Respondent.
Before: Talbot, P.J., and Sawyer and F.L. Borchard*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the family court order terminating her
parental rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (b)(ii), (c)(i), (g), and (j); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(a)(ii), (b)(ii), (c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm.
The family court did not clearly err in finding that §§ 19b(3)(b)(ii), (c)(i), (g), and (j) were
each established by clear and convincing evidence.1 MCR 5.974(I); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341,
356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989).
Further, the evidence did not show that termination of respondent-appellant’s parental rights was
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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It appears from the record that the court considered § 19b(3)(a)(ii) only with respect to
respondent Cedric Hennessee.
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clearly not in the child’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5); Trejo,
supra at 356-357. Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s
parental rights to the child.
Affirmed.
/s/ Michael J. Talbot
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Fred L. Borchard
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