IN RE IRENE MARIE LAFOREST MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of IRENE MARIE LAFOREST,
Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
February 15, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
TINA LAFOREST and WILLIAM LAFOREST,
No. 235112
Gladwin Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 00-000076-NA
Respondents-Appellants.
Before: Fitzgerald, P.J., and Hood and Sawyer, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondents appeal as of right from the trial court order terminating their parental rights
to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(ii), (g), (i) and (l). 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 respondents’
parental rights was clearly not in the child’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo, 462
Mich 341, 354; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). Thus, the family court did not err in terminating
respondents’ parental rights to the child. Id.
Affirmed.
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Harold Hood
/s/ David H. Sawyer
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