IN RE BRENNAN/BROUGH MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of J.B., K.B. and N.B., Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
September 17, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 239059
St. Clair Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 01-000419-NA
THOMAS F. BRENNAN,
Respondent-Appellant
and
LUCINDA BRENNAN,
Respondent.
Before: Whitbeck, C.J., and Sawyer and Kelly, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right the trial court’s order terminating his parental rights to his
minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(i) & (k)(ii).1 We affirm. This appeal is being
decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
After reviewing the evidence presented, we find that the trial court did not clearly err in
finding that §§ 19b(3)(b)(i) and (k)(ii) were established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR
5.974(I); In re Sours, 459 Mich 624, 633; 593 NW2d 520 (1999). The evidence did not show
that termination of respondent’s parental rights was clearly not in the children’s best interests.
MCL 712A.19b(5). In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 353-354; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). Thus, the trial
court did not err in terminating respondent’s parental rights.
1
Respondent Lucinda Brennan is not a party to this appeal.
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Affirmed.
/s/ William C. Whitbeck
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Kirsten Frank Kelly
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