IN RE MORGAN/FARROW/WILLIAMS MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of J.M.J.M, L.C.M, M.L.M., A.N.F.,
J.F., and C.R.W., Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
November 12, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 236942
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 91-293426
ZORA CHARLOTTE MORGAN,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
JEROME FARROW, CARLOS RENARD
WILLIAMS, and DEWAYNE SIMMS,
Respondents.
Before: Griffin, P.J., and Gage and Meter, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court’s order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) and (g). This appeal is being
decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). We affirm.
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). The mother has a chronic substance abuse history. She has
participated in ten separate programs with intermittent success but no significant improvement.
She still remains a drug addict. All of the respective fathers have abandoned their children.
Further, although not raised by respondent-appellant, 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, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000).
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Thus, the trial court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to her
children.
Affirmed.
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
/s/ Patrick M. Meter
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