IN RE NGOZI FLORENCE RAYMOND MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of NGOZI FLORENCE
RAYMOND, Minor.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
January 3, 2008
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 278949
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 06-460821-NA
ONYINYECHI JOY OGUNDO, a/k/a JOY O.
RAYMOND, a/k/a JOY ONYINYECHI
RAYMOND, a/k/a JOY RAYMOND,
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)(b)(i), (g), (j), and (k)(i). 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)(b)(i) and (j) were each
established by clear and convincing evidence. In re IEM, 233 Mich App 438, 450; 592 NW2d
751 (1999). The evidence showed that respondent routinely inflicted severe physical abuse on
the child for no rational reason, leaving her physically scarred and afraid of her mother.
Additionally, in light of the evidence of severe physical abuse of the child, it was not improper
for petitioner to request termination of respondent’s parental rights at the initial dispositional
hearing without providing services toward reunification. See MCL 712A.19a(2)(a) and MCL
722.638(1)(a)(iii).
Further, the evidence did not clearly show that termination of respondent’s parental rights
was not in the child’s best interests. In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 354, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407
(2000); MCL 712A.19b(5). The trial court did not clearly err in terminating respondent’s
parental rights to the child. In re Trejo, supra.
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Affirmed.
/s/ Christopher M. Murray
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
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