IN RE GOULD MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of KELSEY AMBER GOULD and
VANNAISA CREE GOULD, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
January 27, 2004
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 248381
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 91-294566
DEBRA ANN GOULD,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DERRICK SEAN MCGEE and RAYMOND
PEDRO WOMACK,
Respondents.
Before: Donofrio, P.J., and Griffin and Jansen, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (c)(ii), (g), (i), (k)(i),
and (l). 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), now MCR 3.977(J); In re
Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 353; 612 NW2d 407 (2000); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d
161 (1989). The principal condition that led to adjudication was respondent-appellant's leaving
her children with a relative without adequate provisions, emergency instructions, or a forwarding
address. The evidence established that respondent-appellant failed to complete several parts of
her treatment program, failed to visit, contact, or inquire about her children for several months
during the pendency of the case, and had her rights to three older children terminated for reasons
including serious and chronic neglect.
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Further, although not raised by respondent-appellant, we further find no clear error in the
trial court's ruling that termination of respondent-appellant’s parental rights was not contrary to
the best interests of the children under these circumstances. MCL 712A.19b(5); Trejo, supra at
356-357.
Affirmed.
/s/ Pat M. Donofrio
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
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