IN RE JENNIFER PARKER MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of JENNIFER PARKER, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
August 17, 2004
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 254972
Clare Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 03-000005-NA
TABITHA PARKER,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Hoekstra, P.J., and Cooper and Kelly, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from the circuit court order terminating her parental rights
to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) and (g). We affirm.
The evidence refutes respondent’s claim that the FIA failed to make needed referrals for
counseling. By respondent’s own admission, she cancelled counseling and failed to reschedule
on one occasion and failed to abide by the terms of her agreement on another. Moreover,
respondent relocated seven times between counties during the pendency of this matter, which
complicated the provision of services. Therefore, we find, as did the circuit court, that
counseling and other referrals were offered to respondent, but she failed to take advantage of
most of the offered services.
Furthermore, the circuit court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for
termination were established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 3.977(J); In re Miller, 433
Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Accordingly, we find that the circuit court did not err in
terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the minor child.
Affirmed.
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
/s/ Jessica R. Cooper
/s/ Kirsten Frank Kelly
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