IN RE WOODS MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of LATRICE MONIQUE WOODS,
EDWARD TERRELL WOODS, SHANTELL
MICHELLE WOODS and BRANDO DEMORIS
WOODS, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
September 21, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
V
ELAINE WOODS,
No. 230231
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-369702
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ALLEN EDWARDS and PETER CHERRITON,
Respondents.
Before: Cavanagh, P.J., and Markey and Cooper, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals by right from the family court order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) 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 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). 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 children’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5);
In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 354, 364-365; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). The court’s finding regarding
the children’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 children.
We affirm.
/s/ Mark J. Cavanagh
/s/ Jane E. Markey
/s/ Jessica R. Cooper
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