IN RE USHER MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of MINDY MARIE USHER and
STACI LORRAINE USHER, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
January 29, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 230558
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-383341
KAREN CORNELIUS,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
THOMAS CORNELIUS and ROGER TAFT,
Respondents.
Before: Sawyer, P.J., and O’Connell and Zahra, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) and (g).1 We affirm. This
case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
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). Furthermore, the evidence did not show that termination of
respondent-appellant’s parental rights was clearly not in the children’s best interests. MCL
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Respondent asserts on appeal that the trial court also terminated her parental rights under MCL
712A.19b(3)(j). However, neither the order terminating respondent’s parental rights nor the trial
court’s statements on the record regarding the applicable statutory bases for termination support
respondent’s assertion.
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712A.19b(5); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). Therefore, the trial
court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the children.
Affirmed.
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
/s/ Brian K. Zahra
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