IN RE BERNARD MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of TRAVIS LEE BERNARD and
TYLER JAMES BERNARD, Minors.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
May 5, 2009
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 287580
Muskegon Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 07-036209-NA
JODY LYNN VANETTEN,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
JEFFREY SCOTT BERNARD,
Respondent.
Before: Borrello, P.J., and Murphy and M.J. Kelly, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent VanEtten appeals as of right from a circuit court order MCL
712A.19b(3)(c)(i),1 (g), and (j). We affirm.
The trial court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination had
been proved by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 3.977(G); In re Trejo Minors, 462 Mich
341, 355; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). The children came into care in July 2007 because respondent
abused crack cocaine and would disappear from home for days at a time. Respondent made little
effort to take advantage of substance abuse treatment options provided to her, attending
outpatient treatment only occasionally and rejecting inpatient treatment. She continued to
disappear for days at a time and used cocaine throughout the year that the case was pending,
undeterred even by an arrest for drug possession. Further, the trial court did not clearly err in
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The trial court cited § 19b(3)(c)(ii), apparently by mistake; its findings of fact comported with
the circumstances necessary for termination under § 19b(3)(c)(i).
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finding that termination was in the child’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5). Therefore, the trial
court did not clearly err in terminating respondent’s parental rights. Trejo, supra at 356-357.
Affirmed.
/s/ Stephen L. Borrello
/s/ William B. Murphy
/s/ Michael J. Kelly
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