IN RE KAYLEE ELIZABETH ANDREWS MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of KAYLEE ELIZABETH
ANDREWS, Minor.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
May 13, 2008
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
LORI HAMILTON,
No. 282930
St. Clair Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 06-000215-NA
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Donofrio, P.J., and Sawyer and Murphy, 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. 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
established by clear and convincing evidence. In re Archer, 277 Mich App 71, 73; 744 NW2d 1
(2007). Respondent was incarcerated when the child came into care. Upon being paroled, she
began participating in services, but within three months resumed using drugs and dropped out of
services. She absconded from parole, engaged in further criminal activity, and was again
incarcerated. Because termination was justified under §§ 19b(3)(c)(i) and (g), it is unnecessary
to address whether termination was also warranted under § 19b(3)(j).
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). Therefore, the trial court did not err in terminating respondent’s
parental rights to the child. In re Trejo, supra at 356-357.
Affirmed.
/s/ Pat M. Donofrio
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ William B. Murphy
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