IN RE HAAN AND ARNDT MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
__________________________________________
In the Matter of LAURA HAAN, BRETT HAAN,
ROBERT ARNDT, JR., NICOLE ARNDT, and
CHRISTOPHER ARNDT, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
September 18, 1998
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 208205
Kent Juvenile Court
LC No. 85-001732 NA
LEISA ARNDT,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DARRELL HAAN and ROBERT ARNDT,
Respondents.
Before: Saad, P.J., and Jansen and Hoekstra, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from a juvenile court order terminating her parental
rights to Robert Arndt, Jr., Nicole Arndt and Christopher Arndt,1 under MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(ii),
(c)(i) and (g); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(b)(ii), (c)(i), and (g). We affirm.
We find no clear error in the juvenile court’s 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). The evidence, as a whole, showed that the conditions that led to the
adjudication continued to exist, that there was a reasonable likelihood that the children would be injured
if returned to respondent-appellant’s care, and that respondent-appellant was not reasonably likely to
be able to provide proper care and custody within a reasonable time considering the ages of the
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children. The juvenile court found that respondent’s progress in therapy was “very marginal” and that
her “prognosis for benefitting [sic] in a reasonable time is poor.” Given the mother’s long-term history
of alcoholism and failure to protect her children and provide for their needs, we cannot say that this
finding was clearly erroneous.
Further, respondent-appellant failed to show that termination of her parental rights was clearly
not in the children’s best interests, under the circumstances of this case. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(5); MCR 5.974(E)(2); 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.
Affirmed.
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
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The petition was amended below so as not to request termination of the mother’s rights as to the Haan
minors.
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