IN RE LAMARION ANTONIO DOUGLAS MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of L.A.D., Minor.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
August 26, 2008
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 284846
Cass Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 08-000017-NA
SAMANTHA LESLIE YOUNG,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Cavanagh, P.J., and Jansen and Kelly, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from a circuit court order terminating her parental rights
pursuant to MCL 710.29(7). We affirm.
To the extent that the trial court erred in finding at the preliminary hearing that
reasonable efforts were made to prevent the child’s removal, MCL 712A.18f(1), the error was
harmless. Services were not required in this case because termination was sought at the original
dispositional hearing based on prior voluntary and involuntary terminations to the child’s
siblings. See MCL 712A.19a(2)(c); MCL 722.638(1)(b). Further, arguments concerning the
adequacy and reasonableness of proffered services ultimately relate to the sufficiency of the
evidence in support of a statutory ground for termination. In re Fried, 266 Mich App 535, 541;
702 NW2d 192 (2005). Here, petitioner was not required to prove a statutory ground for
termination because respondent entered a plea of admission to the petition and then, before a
dispositional hearing could be held on the petition, voluntarily released her parental rights
pursuant to MCL 710.29. Respondent does not contend that her release was not knowingly and
voluntarily made.
Affirmed.
/s/ Mark J. Cavanagh
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Kirsten Frank Kelly
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