IN RE VANALLEN MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of NICOLE LOVE VANALLEN
and MICHAEL GEORGE VANALLEN, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
April 25, 2000
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
DEBORAH
VANALLEN
VANALLEN,
and
GREGORY
No. 221659; 221706
Macomb Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 96-043569-NA
Respondents-Appellants.
Before: Wilder, P.J., and McDonald and Doctoroff, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
In these consolidated appeals, respondents appeal as of right from the family court order
terminating their parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm.
Only one statutory ground is required to terminate parental rights. In re Sours minors, 459
Mich 642, 641; 593 NW2d 520 (1999); In re Terry and Hankston minors, ___ Mich App ___; ___
NW2d ___ (Docket No. 214617, decided February 29, 2000), slip op at 4. In docket number
221659, we find the family court did not clearly err finding that § 19b(3)(c)(i) was established by clear
and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); Sours, supra at 633. In docket number 221706, we find
that notwithstanding any possible error in terminating respondent father’s parental rights under
§ 19b(3)(j), the family court did not clearly err in finding that §§ 19b(3)(c)(i) and (g) were both
established by clear and convincing evidence. Moreover, both respondents failed to show that
termination of their parental rights was not clearly in the children’s best interest. MCL 712A19b(5);
MSA 27.3178 (598.19b)(5); In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473; 564 NW2d 156
(1997).
Affirmed.
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/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
/s/ Gary R. McDonald
/s/ Martin M. Doctoroff
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