IN RE PAUNDA J CHILDREY MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of PAUNDA J. CHILDREY, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
April 19, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
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No. 235856
Bay Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 01-007208-NA
SOPHIA YVETTE CHILDREY,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Gage, P.J., and Griffin and Buth*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating her parental rights to
the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii) and (g). We affirm.
Publication of notice of the termination hearing in the Detroit Legal News constituted
sufficient service to effectuate the trial court’s personal jurisdiction over respondent, and her due
process right to notice was not violated. MCL 712A.13.
Additionally, 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). In addition to evidence of a cocaine addiction, evidence
was presented at the adjudication trial that that respondent has violated her parole. There was a
warrant out for her arrest and she would be sentenced to some type of confinement if arrested.
Even though the child was only six months old, the clear and convincing evidence of
respondent’s cocaine use and her pending sentence and parole violations, coupled with the lack
of effort on her part in pursuing treatment or interest in regaining custody of the child indicated
that there was no reasonable expectation that respondent would be able to provide the child with
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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the proper care and custody within a reasonable time. Thus, the trial court did not err in
terminating respondent’s parental rights to the child.
Affirmed.
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
/s/ George S. Buth
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