IN RE HOWARD/JOHNSON MINORS

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS In the Matter of HERMAN HOWARD III and DI’MOND JOHNSON, Minors. FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, UNPUBLISHED February 19, 1999 Petitioner-Appellee, v No. 211019 Wayne Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 93-308121 JOYMOND EDELL GILLESPIE, Respondent-Appellant, and HERMAN HOWARD, CHARLES JOHNSON and GEORGE D. LYONS, Respondents. Before: Murphy, P.J., and MacKenzie and Talbot, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the lower court order terminating her parental rights to the minor children 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. This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). The lower 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, respondent-appellant failed to show that termination of her 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). In -1 light of its findings, the lower court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights and in refusing to place the children with respondent’s mother. Id.; In re McIntyre, 192 Mich App 47, 52; 480 NW2d 293 (1991). Affirmed. /s/ William B. Murphy /s/ Barbara B. MacKenzie /s/ Michael J. Talbot -2

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