IN RE GERALD STEVEN GRIHORASH MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of GERALD STEVEN
GRIHORASH, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
August 28, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 230224
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-376379
ERIN FAYE GRIHORASH,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
GEAD STANLEY WILLIAMS,
Respondent.
Before: Fitzgerald, P.J., and Gage and C. H. Miel*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant Erin Faye Grihorash appeals as of right from the order terminating
her parental rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm.
This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
The juvenile 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). Respondent-appellant contends that the trial court should have
allowed her extra time to comply with the treatment plan because she is mentally ill. However, a
parent’s disability cannot serve as a defense to an action to terminate parental rights. In re Terry,
240 Mich App 14, 25-26; 610 NW2d 563 (2000). Furthermore, we find that the evidence did not
show that termination of respondent-appellant’s parental rights was clearly not in the child’s best
interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo Minors, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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(2000). Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to
the child.
Affirmed.
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
/s/ Charles H. Miel
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