IN RE PARISE MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of DOMINIC PARISE, DONOVON
PARISE, and DEVIN JAMES PARISE, Minors.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
September 24, 2009
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 291089
Oakland Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 08-748185-NA
DOMINIC PARISE,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Murphy, P.J., and Meter and Beckering, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from the trial court’s order terminating his parental rights
to the minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(i), (g), (j), and (k)(ii). We affirm. This
appeal has been decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
The trial court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination
were established by clear and convincing evidence. In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612
NW2d 407 (2000); In re JK, 468 Mich 202, 209; 661 NW2d 216 (2003). Respondent repeatedly
sexually assaulted the children’s stepsister, who testified that she was impregnated by respondent
when she was only 13 years old and who later gave birth to respondent’s child.1 Respondent’s
treatment of his stepdaughter is probative of how he might treat his own children. In re AH, 245
Mich App 77, 84; 627 NW2d 33 (2001); see also In re Jenks, 281 Mich App 514, 517-518; 760
NW2d 297 (2008). Moreover, the evidence indicated that respondent refused to participate in
therapy. The evidence supported the trial court’s determination that termination was warranted
under §§ 19b(3)(b)(i), (g), (j), and (k)(ii).
Further, considering the serious and ongoing emotional harm to respondent’s children
due to respondent’s conduct, respondent’s refusal to participate in therapy despite his risk of
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Respondent was later convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and sentenced to a
prison term of 40 to 180 months.
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reoffending, and the evidence that respondent was unable to function effectively as a parent or
serve as an appropriate role model for his children, the trial court did not clearly err in finding
that termination of his parental rights was in the children’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); In
re Trejo, supra at 356-357.
Affirmed.
/s/ William B. Murphy
/s/ Patrick M. Meter
/s/ Jane M. Beckering
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