IN RE RACHEL & ZACHARY HARDY MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of RACHEL ELAINE HARDY and
ZACHARY LEON HARDY, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
September 25, 1998
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 206160
Cass Juvenile Court
LC Nos. 95-000089 NA
95-000090 NA
ANTHONY LEON HARDY,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Whitbeck, P.J., and McDonald and T. G. Hicks*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from the juvenile court’s order terminating his parental rights to
the minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j); MSA 27.3178 (598.19b)(3)(c)(i),
(g), and (j). We affirm.
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). Indeed, there was compelling evidence to support finding these grounds in light of
the evidence of respondent’s outrageous history of violence, drug and alcohol abuse and abandonment
of these children and other children he fathered. Also, respondent failed to show that termination of his
parental rights was clearly not in the children’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(5); In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473; 564 NW2d 156 (1997).
Accordingly, the juvenile court properly terminated respondent’s parental rights. Id.
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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Affirmed.
/s/ William C. Whitbeck
/s/ Gary R. McDonald
/s/ Timothy G. Hicks
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