IN RE KLICH MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of SHYANN ROSIE KLICH,
KENETH WILLIAM LAWRENCE KLICH, and
BRIANNA BRITNEY KLICH, Minors.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
January 8, 2008
Petitioner-Appellee,
No. 278610
Saginaw Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 06-030417-NA
v
BRANDIE LYNN CODY, a/k/a BRANDIE
LYNN RIHA,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
JAMES DAVID CODY, JR.,
Respondent.
Before: Fitzgerald, P.J., and Markey and Smolenski, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent Brandie Cody 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.
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). Respondent had led a transient lifestyle and neglected the children’s medical and
educational needs. Respondent made little effort to comply with services and spent most of her
time out of state. During two absences, she returned to live with the man who had physically
abused her oldest child. At the time of the termination hearing, respondent was in California, she
did not have stable housing, she was unemployed and without an income, and continued to
believe that she had not neglected the children and there was no reason for them to have become
court wards.
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; 612
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NW2d 407 (2000). Therefore, the trial court did not clearly err in terminating respondent’s
parental rights to the children. Id. at 356-357.
Affirmed.
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Jane E. Markey
/s/ Michael R. Smolenski
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