IN RE ALLENDER-PELLOT/AGUILERA MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of ASHLEY LEON ALLENDERPELLOT and STEPHANIE LEON ALLENDERPELLOT, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
August 31, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
GABRIEL LEON PELLOT,
No. 230220
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 92-304909
Respondent-Appellee,
and
JULIE ALLENDER,
Respondent.
Before: Fitzgerald, P.J., and Gage and C. H. Miel*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant Gabriel Pellot appeals as of right from the order terminating his
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (g) and (j). We
affirm.
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 petitioner-appellee made no
effort to involve him in a treatment plan, and that his failure to make any attempt to plan for the
children during their wardship should, therefore, not be held against him. However, the evidence
establishes that respondent-appellant knew that his children had been made temporary wards, but
that he skipped court hearings and made no contact with petitioner-appellee because he was
trying to evade arrest on an outstanding warrant. Furthermore, we find that the evidence did not
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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show that termination of respondent-appellant’s parental rights was clearly not in the children’s
best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo Minors, 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 children.
Affirmed.
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
/s/ Charles H. Miel
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