IN RE JORDAN SPATES MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of J.S., Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
September 24, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 239549
Kent Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-010502-NA
GEORGE A. SPATES,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
NANCY ALLINDER, f/k/a NANCY SPATES,
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 the
minor child pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i) and (g).1 We affirm.
After reviewing the evidence presented, we find that the trial court did not clearly err in
finding that §§ 19b(3)(a)(ii) and (g) were both established by clear and convincing evidence.
MCR 5.974(I); In re Sours Minors, 459 Mich 624, 633; 593 NW2d 520 (1999); In re Sterling,
162 Mich App 328, 336; 412 NW2d 284 (1987). Because only one statutory ground is required
to terminate parental rights, In re Trejo Minors, 462 Mich 341, 350; 612 NW2d 407 (2000), we
need not decide whether termination of respondent’s parental rights was also warranted under
§ § 19b(3)(c)(i). Because respondent has failed to show that termination of his parental rights
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Non-participating mother Nancy Allinder is not a party to this appeal.
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was clearly not in the child’s best interests, MCL 712A.19b(5), the trial court did not err in
terminating his parental rights to the child. Trejo, supra, 462 Mich 353-354.
Affirmed.
/s/ William C. Whitbeck
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Kirsten Frank Kelly
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