IN RE HUNT/BANKS/MILLER MINORS

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS In the Matter of ANYJA MONIEA ANN HUNT, JERMAINE DANARD BANKS, JR., KAMARIONA MARTAYJA ANN HUNT, and MARQUIS MILLER, Minors. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, UNPUBLISHED November 25, 2008 Petitioner-Appellee, v No. 285578 Calhoun Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 2007-000232-NA CHANDRA NASHELL HUNT, Respondent-Appellant, and RODNEY DEON DAVIS, JERMAINE DANARD BANKS, and MARQUISE DARNELL MILLER, Respondents. Before: Murphy, P.J., and Sawyer and Smolenski, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondent Hunt 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 established by clear and convincing evidence. In re Archer, 277 Mich App 71, 73; 744 NW2d 1 (2007); MCR 3.977(G). Respondent, who had a substance abuse problem, was unable to raise four young children on her own and had sent two of the children to live with relatives. She lacked stable housing and any source of income. Respondent made minimal efforts to comply with the service plan for reunification and, after a year, she had not successfully addressed any of these problems. 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 Minors, 462 Mich 341, 354; 612 NW2d 407 -1- (2000); MCL 712A.19b(5). Therefore, the court did not clearly err in terminating respondent’s parental rights to the children. In re Trejo, supra at 356-357. Affirmed. /s/ William B. Murphy /s/ David H. Sawyer /s/ Michael R. Smolenski -2-

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