IN RE RUNION MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of CRYSTAL MARIE LYNN
RUNION and CHARLES RAYMOND RUNION,
Minors.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
December 27, 2007
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 278781
St. Clair Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 06-000361-NA
LISA MAIDENS,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
GARY RUNION,
Respondent.
Before: Murray, P.J., and Hoekstra and Wilder, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent Lisa Maidens appeals as of right from a circuit court order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(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 §§ 19b(3)(c)(i) and (g) were each proven
by clear and convincing evidence. In re IEM, 233 Mich App 438, 450; 592 NW2d 751 (1999).
The children came into custody because respondent was unemployed, homeless, and had recently
been arrested for criminal activity. She failed to complete any aspect of the service plan and, as
of the hearing date, was unemployed, homeless, and in jail. Because termination was appropriate
under §§ 19b(3)(c)(i) and (g), it is unnecessary to determine whether termination was also
appropriate under § 19b(3)(j).
Further, the evidence did not clearly show that termination of respondent’s parental rights
was not in the children’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 354, 356357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). Therefore, the trial court did not clearly err in terminating
respondent’s parental rights to the children. Id.
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Affirmed.
/s/ Christopher M. Murray
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
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