IN RE STORMIE LEIGH HUISKENS MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
__________________________________________
In the Matter of S.L.H., Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
October 30, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
ROBERT HUISKENS,
No. 232380
Bay Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 90-003882-NA
Respondent-Appellant,
and
JENNIFER GLASS,
Respondent.
Before: Doctoroff, P.J., and Wilder and Chad C. Schmucker*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the family court order terminating his
parental rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) and (g). We affirm.
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).
Additionally, the family court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the sheriff’s report
into evidence during the dispositional review hearing because the rules of evidence do not apply
during the dispositional phase of a child protective proceeding and because the evidence was
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* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
relevant to these proceedings. MCR 5.973(A)(4)(a); In re Gilliam, 241 Mich App 133, 136-137;
613 NW2d 748 (2000).
Affirmed.
/s/ Martin M. Doctoroff
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
/s/ Chad C. Schmucker
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* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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