IN RE JOSLYN MARIE HALL MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of JOSLYN MARIE HALL, Minor.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
December 20, 2007
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 278173
Macomb Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 2005-059514-NA
MARY MAULT,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Murray, P.J., and Hoekstra and Wilder, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from a circuit court order terminating her parental rights
to the minor child pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm.
The trial court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination
were proven by clear and convincing evidence. In re IEM, 233 Mich App 438, 450; 592 NW2d
751 (1999). The child came into care in part because respondent, who had a substance abuse
problem, was unable or unwilling to provide a home for the child, instead leaving her with
relatives. After 18 months of temporary wardship, respondent had completed certain parts of her
service plan. But she had yet to establish stable housing, the home she had recently acquired was
unsafe and unsanitary, and, due to respondent’s recent persistent failure to provide drug screens
as ordered, there was no assurance that substance abuse was no longer a problem.
Further, the trial court’s finding regarding the child’s best interests is not clearly
erroneous. In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 354, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). Because the
evidence did not clearly show that termination of respondent’s parental rights was not in the
child’s best interests, the trial court did not err in terminating respondent’s parental rights to the
child. Id.; MCL 712A.19b(5).
Affirmed.
/s/ Christopher M. Murray
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
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