IN RE SHELBY LOUISE EDWARDS MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of S.L.E., Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
November 1, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
SUMMER LOUISE EDWARDS, a/k/a SUMMER
LOUISE GIDNER,
No. 237785
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 00-388433
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Hoekstra, P.J., and Wilder and Zahra, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from a circuit court order terminating her parental rights
to the minor child pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g) and (h). We affirm. This appeal is
being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
Because respondent was incarcerated in prison, with no certainty of parole upon
completion of the minimum sentence when her parental rights were terminated, 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 Trejo Minors, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000).
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 child’s best interest. Id. at
354, 356-357; MCL 712A.19b(5). Therefore, the trial court did not clearly err in terminating
respondent’s parental rights to the child. Trejo, supra at 356-357.
Affirmed.
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
/s/ Brian K. Zahra
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