IN RE MARTIN MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of TYRESHA MONIQUE MARTIN
and TYREECK SHUKAR MARTIN, Minors.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, f/k/a
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
December 20, 2005
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 263085
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 03-419596-NA
TERRENCE MARTIN,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
TAMMY RENEE WISEMAN,
Respondent.
Before: Owens, P.J. and Saad and Fort Hood, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating his
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (g), and (j). We
affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
The trial 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). The children were adjudicated court wards after respondentappellant was arrested on probation violation charges while the children’s mother was already in
jail on a larceny charge. The evidence clearly demonstrated that respondent-appellant failed to
comply with almost every requirement of the case treatment plan. He did not regularly attend
court hearings and did not attend the permanent custody hearing. Respondent-appellant provided
only one drug screen, which was positive for opiates. He did not complete parenting classes and
never enrolled in therapy, despite being given referrals. He lacked suitable housing throughout
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the case. Respondent-appellant failed to visit the children, and failed to maintain contact with
the caseworker for more than one year before the permanent custody hearing.
Furthermore, 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). Thus, the trial court did not err in terminating
respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the children.
Affirmed.
/s/ Donald S. Owens
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Karen M. Fort Hood
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