IN RE FELISHA MARIE LYNN BISHOP MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of FELISHA MARIE LYNN
BISHOP, a/k/a FALISHA MARIE LYNN
BISHOP, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
April 9, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 236053
Lapeer Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-008076-NA
WILLIAM BISHOP,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
TAMMY SUE COOPER,
Respondent.
Before: K.F. Kelly, P.J. and Doctoroff and Cavanagh, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating his
parental rights to the minor child 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).
Although, the trial court clearly erred in finding grounds for termination under subsection
19b(3)(c)(i), which applies only where there has been a lapse of 182 days between the date of
adjudication and the date of the termination order, the trial court’s written order included
findings that clearly referred to statutory grounds for termination under subsection 19b(3)(g),
failure to provide proper care and custody without a reasonable likelihood that the parent will be
able to do so within a reasonable time. The trial court did not clearly err in finding that
subsection 19b(3)(g) was established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I), In re
Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989).
Petitioner’s evidence established that respondent-appellant’s problems with violence,
drug abuse, mental illness, and general instability persisted even after he received services from
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petitioner-appellee. Because the evidence did not show that termination of respondentappellant’s parental rights was clearly not in the child’s best interests, the trial court did not err in
terminating his parental rights. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612
NW2d 407 (2000).
Affirmed.
/s/ Kirsten Frank Kelly
/s/ Martin M. Doctoroff
/s/ Mark J. Cavanagh
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