IN RE LOPEZ MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of K.L., E.L. and L.L., Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
October 25, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 238943
St. Clair Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 94-000091-NA
BARBARA WITCHER,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Hoekstra, P.J., and Wilder and Zahra, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from the trial court 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).
The trial court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination had
been proved by clear and convincing evidence. In re IEM, 233 Mich App 438, 450; 592 NW2d
751 (1999). Although respondent made efforts to comply with the treatment plan, the evidence
at the termination hearing clearly established that respondent was not able to provide proper care
and supervision of her children despite receiving eighteen months of counseling and therapy
designed to equip her to properly parent her children. Further, the trial court did not clearly err
in its determination that the evidence, on the whole record, did not clearly show that termination
was clearly not in the children’s best interest. In re Trejo Minors, 462 Mich 341, 354, 356-357;
612 NW2d 407 (2000); MCL 712A.19b(5). Therefore, the trial court did not clearly err in
terminating respondent’s parental rights to the children. Trejo, supra at 356-357.
Affirmed.
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
/s/ Brian K. Zahra
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