IN RE CASEY GUTH MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of CASEY GUTH, Minor.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
October 20, 2009
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 292014
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 09-484955
SEAN ERWIN GUTH,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Fort Hood, P.J., and Sawyer and Donofrio, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from a circuit court order terminating his parental rights to
the minor child pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(i), (g), (j), (k)(ii), and (n)(i). We affirm.
Although respondent argues that the circuit court clearly erred in finding that
§§ 19b(3)(b)(i), (g), and (j) were each established by clear and convincing evidence, he fails to
address the trial court’s reliance on §§ 19b(3)(k)(ii) and (n)(i) as additional statutory grounds for
termination. A court need only find that one statutory ground for termination has been proven by
clear and convincing evidence. In re Trejo Minors, 462 Mich 341, 360; 612 NW2d 407 (2000).
Where a respondent does not challenge a trial court’s determination with respect to one or more
of several statutory grounds, this Court may assume that the trial court did not clearly err in
finding that the unchallenged grounds were proven by clear and convincing evidence. See In re
JS & SM, 231 Mich App 92, 98-99; 585 NW2d 326 (1998), overruled in part on other grounds In
re Trejo, supra at 353. Further, respondent’s failure to address §§ 19b(3)(k)(ii) and (n)(i), issues
that must necessarily be reached to reverse the trial court, precludes appellate relief. City of
Riverview v Sibley Limestone, 270 Mich App 627, 638; 716 NW2d 615 (2006).
Affirmed.
/s/ Karen M. Fort Hood
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Pat M. Donofrio
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