IN RE THOMAS DALE WILSON MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of THOMAS DALE WILSON, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
May 26, 2000
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 223190
Kalamazoo Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 98-000048-NA
MICHAEL WILSON,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
WENDY KING,
Respondent.
Before: Hood, P.J., and Saad and O’Connell, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the family court’s order terminating his parental
rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(j). We affirm.
The family court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory ground for termination was
established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445
NW2d 161 (1989). Respondent-appellant’s physical abuse of his live-in girlfriend’s children was
probative of how he would treat the minor child. In re Powers, 208 Mich App 582, 588; 528 NW2d
799 (1995). Further, respondent-appellant failed to present evidence that termination was clearly not in
the child’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5); In re Boursaw, 239 Mich
App 161, 179-180; ___ NW2d ___ (1999); In re
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Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473; 564 NW2d 156 (1997). Thus, the court did not err in
terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights.
Affirmed.
/s/ Harold Hood
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
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