IN RE JORDAN MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of CRYSTAL JORDAN and HOLLY
NOEL JORDAN, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY
UNPUBLISHED
March 3, 1998
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 203553
Ottawa Juvenile Court
LC No. 96-000101-NA
PATRICIA JORDAN,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
PHILLIP JORDAN,
Respondent.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 203667
Ottawa Juvenile Court
LC No. 96-000101-NA
PHILLIP JORDAN,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
PATRICIA JORDAN
Respondent.
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Before: Michael J. Kelly, P.J., and Fitzgerald and M.G. Harrison*, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Respondents, Patricia and Phillip Jordan, filed separate appeals as of right from a juvenile court
order terminating their parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), (i), and
(j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i), (g), (i) and (j). The appeals have been consolidated for our
review. We affirm.
Both respondents argue that a “new trial” is required because the juvenile court failed to advise
them, in accordance with MCR 5.971(B)(4), that their no contest pleas to the petition requesting
jurisdiction over Crystal could later be used to terminate their parental rights. However, respondents
did not move to withdraw their pleas in the juvenile court, nor did they seek to raise this issue in an
appropriate motion for rehearing under MCR 5.992. Accordingly, we conclude that the issue is not
preserved. Cf. In re Campbell, 170 Mich App 243, 249-250; 428 NW2d 347 (1988). In any event,
respondents do not allege on appeal that they did not in fact understand the consequences of their no
contest pleas, notwithstanding the court’s failure to comply with MCR 5.971(B)(4). Accordingly, there
is no basis for granting appellate relief.
Finally, the juvenile court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination
were established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337;
445 NW2d 161 (1989).
Affirmed.
/s/ Michael J. Kelly
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Michael G. Harrison
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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