IN RE BRUNSON MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of L.M.B., K.L.B., and S.L.B.,
Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
November 22, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 238479
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-385227
WANDA LEE PRESBERY,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
MARK ARTHOUR BRUNSON,
Respondent.
In the Matter of L.M.B., K.L.B., and S.L.B.,
Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 239774
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-385227
MACK BRUNSON,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
WANDA LEE PRESBERY,
Respondent.
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Before: Griffin, P.J., and Gage and Meter, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondents appeal as of right from the trial court order terminating their parental rights
to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). These appeals are being
decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E)(1). We affirm.
Respondents failed to substantially comply with their respective parent-agency
agreements and this failure resulted in respondents’ inability to provide proper care or custody
for the children. Because respondents had failed to address the items raised in the parent-agency
agreement, particularly their drug problems, in the year and one-half from the date the children
were taken into the court’s custody to the date of the permanent custody trial, and were no closer
to addressing these issues at the date of trial than they were when the children were first taken
into the court’s custody, the court properly concluded that there was no reasonable expectation
that respondents would be able to provide proper care and custody within a reasonable time
considering the children’s ages.
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). Further, the evidence did not show that termination of respondents’
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). Thus, the trial court did not err in terminating
respondents’ parental rights to the children.
Affirmed.
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
/s/ Patrick M. Meter
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