IN RE JACKSON MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of SAMILA YVETTE JACKSON,
SAMISHA TANA JACKSON, and DEL-RIO
DAYSHAWN SHARPE, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
August 31, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
URSULA EVETTA TATUM,
No. 227994
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 97-352091
Respondent-Appellant,
and
BRUCE SHARPE,
Respondent.
Before: Fitzgerald, P.J., and Gage and Miel*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent Ursula Evetta Tatum appeals as of right from an order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(i), (g), and (j). 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 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). There was evidence that respondent physically abused one of the
children on at least two occasions resulting in a lacerated liver and extensive bruising for which
she blamed a one year old sibling. Further, respondent did not prevent her mother from abusing
the same child on another occasion. The evidence did not show that termination of respondent's
parental rights was clearly not in the children's best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo,
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). Thus, the family court did not err in terminating
respondent's parental rights to the children.
Affirmed.
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
/s/ Charles H. Miel
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