IN RE SHAMEKQUA MCKINNEY MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of SHAMEKQUA MCKINNEY,
Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
April 14, 1998
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 204204
Calhoun Juvenile Court
LC No. N0001747
SIDNEY MCKINNEY,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
FELISA ALLEN,
Respondent.
Before: Michael J. Kelly, P.J., and Fitzgerald and M.G. Harrison*, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Respondent-appellant appeals by delayed application granted from the juvenile court order
terminating his parental rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g), (h), (i) and (j); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(g), (h), (i) and (j). We affirm.
Respondent-appellant first challenges the statutory grounds cited by the juvenile court to
support termination of his parental rights. We hold that the juvenile court did not clearly err in
terminating respondent’s parental rights under the statutory grounds cited. There was clear and
convincing evidence offered on each of the grounds. In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d
161 (1989); MCR 5.974(I).
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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Respondent-appellant further argues that the juvenile court should not have terminated his rights
to the minor child because he offered a relative that was willing to care for the child. While the juvenile
court could have placed the child with a relative to avoid termination of respondent-appellant’s rights, it
was not required to do so. In re McIntyre, 192 Mich App 47, 52; 480 NW2d 293 (1991). The court
found that termination of respondent-appellant’s rights was in the child’s best interests and this finding
was not clearly erroneous even though the relative was willing to care for the child. The evidence did
not show that termination was clearly not in the child’s best interests. In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App
470, 471-473; 564 NW2d 156 (1997).
Respondent-appellant next argues that the juvenile court abused its discretion in deciding to
terminate his parental rights. This is not the correct standard of review. A juvenile court’s decision to
terminate parental rights is reviewed in its entirety for clear error. In re Hamlet, ___ Mich App ___;
___ NW2d ___ (Docket No. 198096, issued September 26, 1997).
Affirmed.
/s/ Michael J. Kelly
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Michael G. Harrison*
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