IN RE JUSTIN KRETCHMAN AND ALAINA RAPSON MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of JUSTIN KRETCHMAN and
ALAINA RAPSON, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
May 22, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 231668
St. Clair Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-004408
JOHN KRETCHMAN,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
TIFFANIE RAPSON
Respondent.
Before: Jansen, P.J., and Zahra and Owens, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the family court order terminating his
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j): MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i), (g) and (j). We affirm. This case is being decided without oral
argument under MCR 7.214(E).
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(I). In re Miller, 433 Mich 331,
337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Further the evidence did not show that termination of respondentappellant’s parental rights was clearly not in the children’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5);
MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5); In re Trejo Minors, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000).
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Thus the family court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the
children.
Affirmed.
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Brian K. Zahra
/s/ Donald S. Owens
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