IN RE NEWTON MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of PERRY LINDALL NEWTON,
Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
September 21, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
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No. 229636
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 97-354392
JAMIL NEWTON,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
NIKKO ANN HILL,
Respondent.
Before: Cavanagh, P.J., and Markey and Cooper, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals by right from the family court order terminating his
parental rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (g) and (j). We affirm.
This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
After carefully reviewing the record, we are satisfied that 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 Sours, 459 Mich 624, 633; 593 NW2d 520 (1999). Further,
because at least one ground for termination was established, the court was required to terminate
respondent-appellant’s parental rights unless the court found that termination was clearly not in
the child’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 364-365; 612 NW2d
407 (2000). The court’s finding regarding the child’s best interests was not clearly erroneous.
Trejo, supra. Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental
rights to the child.
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We affirm.
/s/ Mark J. Cavanagh
/s/ Jane E. Markey
/s/ Jessica R. Cooper
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