IN RE DANIELLE ANN MARIE YARRINGTON MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of DANIELLE ANN MARIE
YARRINGTON, Minor.
DAVID SCHMITZ, GUARDIAN,
UNPUBLISHED
June 8, 2004
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 252744
Macomb Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 03-054678-NA
HOLLY A. YARRINGTON,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ROBERT BONILLA,
Respondent.
Before: Markey, P.J., and Wilder and Meter, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals by right from the trial court order terminating her parental
rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (d), (g) and (j). We affirm.
The trial court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination
were established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR3.977(J); In re Miller, 433 Mich331,
337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Respondent-appellant had failed to visit or contact her child in over
three years. She was institutionalized at the time of trial, and there was no clear evidence
presented that she would be in any better position to provide proper care and custody of her child
now than eleven years earlier when she agreed to place the child in a limited guardianship.
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). The child was bonded and thriving in the placement
where she had spent all but six months of her life. There was no indication that any bond or
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relationship existed between respondent-appellant and the child, the severance of which would
be harmful to the child.
We affirm.
/s/ Jane E. Markey
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
/s/ Patrick M. Meter
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