IN RE GARRETT WESLEY DAVIS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of G.W.D., Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
September 17, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 239397
Ingham Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 00-443031-NA
ANGELA DAVIS,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Whitbeck, C.J. and Sawyer and Kelly, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right the January 29, 2002 order terminating her
parental rights to the minor child pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(g). We affirm. This appeal is
being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E)(1)(b).
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). We review 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 clearly err when it terminated respondent’s parental
rights based on evidence that respondent was too immature and unstable to raise a child
responsibly, and that she failed to correct these problems during the child’s temporary wardship.
Respondent also contends that the trial court violated her constitutional right to due
process. This argument merely reiterates the arguments respondent raised in challenging the
sufficiency of the evidence; she does not explain how these claims relate to a violation of due
process. A party may not merely announce a position and leave it to this Court to discover and
rationalize the basis for the claim. American Transmission, Inc v Channel 7 of Detroit, Inc, 239
Mich App 695, 705; 609 NW2d 607 (2001). Accordingly, this issue is without merit.
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Affirmed.
/s/ William C. Whitbeck
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Kirsten Frank Kelly
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