IN RE JOHNATHON DORR & DESTINI BIGELOW MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
__________________________________________
In the Matter of JOHNATHON DORR and DESTINI
BIGELOW, Minors.
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
October 10, 1997
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 193510
Genesee Juvenile Court
LC No. 85-069314-NA
LEONARD HICKS,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DANIEL DORR, JEFFREY LANDON, a/k/a
JEFFREY LANDING, DANNY BEMUS, and
DONALD CADARETTE, a/k/a DONALD BOWERS,
Respondents.
Before: Doctoroff, P.J., and Cavanagh and Saad, J.J.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals by leave granted from the juvenile court order that terminated his
parental rights to minor child Johnathon Dorr under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(g). We affirm.
Any error resulting from the juvenile court’s allowance of notice by publication of the
termination proceeding does not require reversal because respondent-appellant was not entitled to
notice of the proceeding. Respondent-appellant was not a noncustodial parent for purposes of the
statutory notice requirements, MCL 712A.12; MSA 27.3178(598.12), since he had not established
paternity of the child in a legally recognized manner. In re Gillespie, 197 Mich App 440, 443-446;
496 NW2d 309 (1992).
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The juvenile court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory ground for termination was
established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445
NW2d 161 (1989). Further, respondent-appellant failed to show that termination of his parental rights
was clearly not in the child’s best interests. In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473; 564
NW2d 156 (1997). Thus, the juvenile court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental
rights to the child. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5).
Affirmed.
/s/ Martin M. Doctoroff
/s/ Mark J. Cavanagh
/s/ Henry W. Saad
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