IN RE HARRIS MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of KMARIE HARRIS, JACKIE
HARRIS, CAMERON HARRIS, ARIEL
HARRIS, and MARQUES HARRIS, Minors.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
January 3, 2008
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 279732
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-373769-NA
WAYNE HARRIS, SR.,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Murray, P.J., and Hoekstra and Wilder, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from a circuit court order terminating his parental rights to
the minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(g), (h), (k)(ii), and (n)(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)(g), (h), and (n)(i) were each
established by clear and convincing evidence. In re IEM, 233 Mich App 438, 450; 592 NW2d
751 (1999). Respondent had been convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL
750.520c(1)(b), for sexually assaulting the children’s sister. He had been in prison since 1999
and would remain there for at least another two years.
Further, the evidence did not clearly show that termination of respondent’s parental rights
was not in the children’s best interests. In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 354, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407
(2000); MCL 712A.19b(5). The evidence showed that respondent presented a risk of harm to his
family. He was in prison for a sexual assault against his children’s sister and had several
domestic violence convictions for assaults against their mother. The trial court did not clearly err
in terminating respondent’s parental rights. In re Trejo, supra at 356-357.
Affirmed.
/s/ Christopher M. Murray
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
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