IN RE HAKOWSKI/WACHNER MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of D.A.H. and M.M.W., Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
November 22, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 241496
Saginaw Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-025468
DAVID HAKOWSKI,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
JAMIE WACHNER,
Respondent.
Before: Markey, P.J., and Saad and Smolenski, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals by delayed leave granted the trial court order terminating
his parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm.
The trial court did not clearly err in finding that all three statutory grounds were
established by clear and convincing evidence with respect to the minor child, DAH, and that §§
(g) and (j) were established by clear and convincing evidence with respect to MMW.1 MCR
5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). 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, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000).
Therefore, the trial court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the
children.
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MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) was inapplicable to the minor child, MMW, because 182 or more days
had not elapsed between the date of the initial dispositional order and termination.
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Affirmed.
/s/ Jane E. Markey
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Michael R. Smolenski
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