IN RE GAVAL/GABERT MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of KATRINA MARIE GAVAL and
SABARINA GABERT, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
January 4, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 232373
Oakland Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-621188-NA
KELLY GAVAL,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Meter, P.J., and Jansen and R. D. Gotham*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court’s order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm.
The trial 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, the evidence did not show that termination of respondentappellant’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 trial court did not err
in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the children.
Affirmed.
/s/ Patrick M. Meter
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Roy D. Gotham
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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