IN RE JASON MATTHEW MARTINEZ-SUGGS MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of JASON MATTHEW MARTINEZSUGGS, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
May 25, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 228587
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 91-296697
LAWRENCE PAUL SUGGS, JR.,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ROSA IVETTE MARTINEZ,
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 child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i). We affirm. This case is being decided without oral argument
pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
The family court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory ground for termination
was 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 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). Thus, the
family court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the child.
Although respondent-appellant also argues that reversal is required because a clear
conflict existed between the child’s attorney and the minor child, this issue is waived because
respondent-appellant did not raise it in his statement of questions presented and has not cited any
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authority in support of his position. Caldwell v Chapman, 240 Mich App 124, 132; 610 NW2d
264 (2000).
Affirmed.
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Brian K. Zahra
/s/ Donald S. Owens
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