IN RE SALOJAN HOWARD MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of SALOJAN HOWARD, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
May 28, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
SYLVIA ROBINSON,
No. 214650
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-367654
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Griffin, P.J., and Cavanagh and Fitzgerald, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from the family court order assuming jurisdiction over her minor
child under MCL 712A.2(b)(1); MSA 27.3178(598.2)(b)(1). We affirm. This case is being decided
without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
The family court’s finding that the child comes within the statutory provisions is supported by a
preponderance of the evidence. MCR 5.972(C)(1); In re Brock, 442 Mich 101, 108-109; 499
NW2d 752 (1993). There was uncontroverted evidence that the minor child, age eleven, was left alone
for ten hours in a home that she was unable to exit and that others were unable to enter due to security
bars on the doors and windows. There was also testimony regarding the dirty condition of the home
and testimony describing bruises on the child, which were allegedly caused by respondent throwing
things at her. Finally, we are not persuaded by respondent’s claim that the evidence did not support the
assumption of jurisdiction merely because petitioner did not call either the child or her father to verify the
above testimony.
Affirmed.
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
/s/ Mark J. Cavanagh
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
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