IN RE HILDRETH MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of N.M.H., H.M.H., and W.J.H.,
Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
October 25, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 238110
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-383111
WILLIAM HILDRETH,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DIANA MARIE REYNOLDS,
Respondent.
Before: Hoekstra, P.J., and Wilder and Zahra, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating his
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm.
This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
The trial court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination
were established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331,
337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Although respondent-appellant complied with some aspects of his
treatment plan, the evidence showed that he failed to successfully address his housing, income,
alcohol and domestic violence problems, despite being given fourteen months to do so. 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); In re Trejo Minors, 462 Mich 341, 356357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). Thus, the trial court did not err in terminating respondentappellant’s parental rights to the children.
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Affirmed.
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
/s/ Brian K. Zahra
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