IN RE LANIER & FREEMAN MINORS

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS In the Matter of LORENZO ALLEN LANIER, ERIC WESLEY LANIER, ALEX FREEMAN, and DOMINICK EUGENE FREEMAN, Minors. FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, UNPUBLISHED September 25, 1998 Petitioner-Appellee, v SUSAN FREEMAN and CONNIS POLLOCK, Nos. 206381;206712 Macomb Juvenile Court LC No. 96-042149 NA Respondents-Appellants. Before: Hood, P.J., and Griffin and O’Connell, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondents appeal as of right from the juvenile court order terminating their parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i) and (g); MSA 27.3178 (598.19b)(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i) and (g). We affirm. This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). 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). Further, respondents failed to show that termination of their 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). Thus, the juvenile court did not err in terminating respondents’ parental rights to the children. Id. Affirmed. /s/ Harold Hood /s/ Richard Allen Griffin /s/ Peter D. O’Connell -2

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