IN RE CARR MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of S.M.C., K.L.C., L.W.C., and
R.A.C., Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
August 20, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 237652
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 92-300751
TILLIE MCRAE,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
LARRY CARR,
Respondent.
Before: White, P.J., and Neff and Jansen, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right the order terminating her parental rights to the
minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm. This appeal is being
decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
In order to terminate parental rights, the trial court must find that at least one of the
statutory grounds for termination in MCL 712A.19b(3) has been met by clear and convincing
evidence. In re McIntyre, 192 Mich App 47, 50; 480 NW2d 293 (1993). This Court reviews the
trial court’s findings of fact under the clearly erroneous standard. 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). Here, the trial court did not err in finding grounds for termination where the
evidence established that respondent-appellant had an ongoing history of housing instability and
dependence on unfit persons for support.
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Because the evidence did not establish that termination was not in the children’s best
interests, MCL 712A.19b(5), Trejo, supra at 353, the trial court did not err in ordering
termination of respondent-appellant’s parental rights.
Affirmed.
/s/ Helene N. White
/s/ Janet T. Neff
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
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