IN RE BUNER MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of D.B. and D..B., Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
June 4, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 236747
Muskegon Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 97-024799-NA
DOROTHY JONES,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
FREDDIE BRUNER, JR.,
Respondent.
Before: Fitzgerald, P.J., and Holbrook, Jr., and Doctoroff, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right the August 8, 2001 order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(g). We affirm. This appeal
is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
The trial court did not clearly err in finding clear and convincing evidence of statutory
grounds for termination under subsection 19b(3)(g). MCR 5.974(I); In re Trejo Minors, 462
Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000); In re McIntyre, 192 Mich App 47, 50; 480 NW2d
293 (1993). The evidence established that respondent-appellant had a four-year history of
neglecting her parental responsibilities and leaving the children’s care to their greatgrandmother. The evidence also established that there was no reasonable likelihood this pattern
would change within a reasonable time. Relying on MCL 712A.2(b)(1), respondent contends
that her children were not without proper custody because she entrusted them to her greatgrandmother. However, section 2(b)(1) does not apply here because the great-grandmother did
not agree to take custody of the children when their father left them at her house, and she was at
the time financially unable to provide for them. Because the evidence did not show that
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termination of respondent-appellant’s parental rights was clearly not in the children’s best
interests, the trial court did not err in terminating their parental rights. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re
Trejo Minors, supra at 356-357.
Respondent-appellant also contends that the trial court failed to make adequate findings
of fact as required by MCL 712A.19b(1) and MCR 5.974(G)(1). We disagree and conclude that
the findings were sufficient.
Affirmed.
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Donald E. Holbrook, Jr.
/s/ Martin M. Doctoroff
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