IN RE KRISTY M AND KYLE L WRIGHT MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of KRISTY M. WRIGHT and KYLE
L. WRIGHT, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
August 24, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 232156
Isabella Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-000054-NA
COLIN JAY WRIGHT,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
IDA L. RUNYAN,
Respondent.
In the Matter of KRISTY M. WRIGHT and KYLE
L. WRIGHT, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 232203
Isabella Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-000054-na
IDA L. WRIGHT,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
COLIN JAY WRIGHT,
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Respondent.
Before: Fitzgerald, P.J., and Gage and C. H. Miel*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
In these consolidated appeals, respondents appeal as of right from the family court order
terminating their parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (c)(ii) and
(g). 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 §§ 19b(3)(c)(ii) and (g) were each
established by clear and convincing evidence with respect to respondent-father. MCR 5.974(I);
In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). In this regard, the family court did not
err in finding that respondent-father was given a reasonable opportunity to demonstrate his
suitability as a parent. Also, the record does not support respondent-father’s claim that the
conditions that led to adjudication with respect to respondent-mother were improperly attributed
to him.
Further, the family court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to reopen proofs on
December 15, 2000, to allow for respondent-father’s testimony. Fabbrini Family Foods v United
Canning Corp, 78 Mich App 80, 91; 280 NW2d 877 (1979), and the evidence did not show that
termination of either respondent’s parental rights was clearly not in the children’s best interests.
MCL 712A.19b(3)(5); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000).
Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondents’ parental rights to the
children.
Affirmed.
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
/s/ Charles H. Miel
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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