IN RE JACOB ALEXANDER GOMEZ MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of JACOB A. GOMEZ, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
March 28, 2000
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 220056
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-372634
REBECCA RAE BLANSETT,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL GOMEZ,
Respondent.
In the Matter of JACOB A. GOMEZ, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 220157
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-372634
REBECCA RAE BLANSETT,
Respondent,
and
CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL GOMEZ,
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Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Wilder, P.J., and Sawyer and Markey, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
In these consolidated appeals, respondents appeal by right from the family court order
terminating their parental rights to the minor child pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(i), (b)(ii), (g), (j)
and (k); MSA 27.3178 (598.19b)(3)(b)(i), (b)(ii), (g), (j) and (k). We affirm. This appeal is being
decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E)(1)(b).
Only one statutory ground need be proven to terminate parental rights. In re Vasquez, 199
Mich App 44, 51-52; 501 NW2d 231 (1993). Here, the family court did not clearly err in finding, at a
minimum, that §§ 19b(3)(b)(ii) and (j) were each established by clear and convincing evidence with
respect to respondent Blansett, and that §§ 19b(3)(b)(i) and (j) were each established by clear and
convincing evidence with respect to respondent Gomez. In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472
473; 564 NW2d 156 (1997); In re Vasquez, supra. In addition, respondents failed to show that
termination of their parental rights was clearly not in the child’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5);
MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5). Therefore, the family court did not err in terminating respondents’
parental rights to the child. In re Hall-Smith, supra.
We affirm.
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Jane E. Markey
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