IN RE CHRISTIAN DENARD BOHANNON MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of CHRISTIAN DENARD
BOHANNON, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
September 25, 1998
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 206689
Wayne Juvenile Court
LC No. 92-297845
TYRONE BOHANNON,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ROXANN FAE SIEGFRIED,
Respondent.
Before: Whitbeck, P.J., and McDonald and T. G. Hicks*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right the juvenile court order terminating his parental rights
to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (g) and (j); MSA 27.3178 (598.19b)(3)(a)(ii),
(c)(i), (g) and (j). We affirm. We decide this case 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. There was substantial evidence that respondent failed to
attend needed domestic violence counseling, failed to cooperate with drug testing and had a sporadic
record of visiting the minor child, among other negative factors. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich
331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Further, respondent failed to show that termination of his parental
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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rights was clearly not in the child’s best interests. In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473; 564
NW2d 156 (1997). Thus, the juvenile court did not err in terminating respondent’s parental rights to
the child. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5).
Affirmed.
/s/ William C. Whitbeck
/s/ Gary R. McDonald
/s/ Timothy G. Hicks
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