IN RE DAKOTA KEITH SEAN THOMAS MCQUEEN MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of DAKOTA KEITH SEAN
THOMAS MCQUEEN, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
May 25, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 223814
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 97-357990
BETHANY ANN BRIDWELL,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
SEAN DALE MCQUEEN,
Respondent.
In the Matter of DAKOTA KEITH SEAN
THOMAS MCQUEEN, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 223940
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 97-357990
SEAN DALE MCQUEEN,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
BETHANY ANN BRIDWELL,
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Respondent.
Before: Jansen, P.J., and Zahra and Owens, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondents appeal as of right from the family court order terminating their parental
rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm.
The record demonstrates compliance with the notification requirement of the Indian Child
Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 USC 1912(a), for purposes of determining whether the minor child was
an Indian child under the ICWA. In re IEM, 233 Mich App 438, 447-448; 592 NW2d 751
(1999); In re Shawboose, 175 Mich App 637, 639; 438 NW2d 272 (1989). Because the
applicable Indian tribes determined that the child was not an Indian child, the family court was
not required to apply the heightened evidentiary standards applicable to Indian children. Id. at
639-640. Additionally, 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). Thus, the family court did not err in terminating
respondents’ parental rights to the child.
Affirmed.
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Brian K. Zahra
/s/ Donald S. Owens
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