IN RE SANCHEZ/ORTIZ/VERA MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of E.M.S., S.O., and R.S.V., Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
August 16, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
V
ELIZABETH VERA,
No. 238043
Lapeer Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 00-008374-NA
Respondent-Appellant,
and
JOSE ANGEL VALDEZ, RICARDO ORTIZ, and
ROBERT LEON VERA,
Respondents.
Before: White, P.J., and Neff and Jansen, 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). We affirm. This case is
being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
After carefully reviewing the record, we are satisfied that the trial court did not clearly err
in finding that the statutory ground for termination was established by clear and convincing
evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Trejo Minors, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000); In
re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Further, the evidence did not show that
termination of respondent-appellant’s parental rights was clearly not in the children’s best
interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); Trejo, supra at 356-357. Thus, the trial court did not err in
terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the minor children.
Affirmed.
/s/ Helene N. White
/s/ Janet T. Neff
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
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