IN RE WILLIAMS/ PHILLIPS MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of JAMAL DARRELL WILLIAMS,
ASHLEY DENISE WILLIAMS, MATTHEW
DAVON WILLIAMS, SHYMESHIA CHANTA
WILLIAMS, and MARCUS A. Z. PHILLIPS,
Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
May 25, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 225906
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-371275
TAMMY MARIE WILLIAMS,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
MARCUS PHILLIPS, JACKIE BROWN, and
LAWRENCE JOHNSON,
Respondents.
Before: Jansen, P.J., and Zahra and Owens, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) and (g); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i) and (g). We affirm. This case is being decided without oral argument
pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
This Court reviews for clear error both the trial court’s decision that statutory grounds for
terminating parental rights were proven by clear and convincing evidence and its decision
regarding the children’s best interests. MCR 5.974(I); In re Trejo Minors, 462 Mich 341, 356357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). The trial court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory
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grounds for termination were established by clear and convincing evidence. Furthermore,
considered in its entirety, the evidence did not show that termination was clearly not in the
children’s best interests. Thus, we find no clear error in the trial court’s decision to terminate
respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the children.
Affirmed.
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Brian K. Zahra
/s/ Donald S. Owens
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