IN RE SKYM MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of HEATHER SKYM, SYLVIA
SKYM, and AMY SKYM, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
June 9, 2000
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 222901
Midland Circuit Court
Juvenile Division
LC No. 98-000157 NA
GARY LEE SKYM, JR.,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Hood, P.J., and Saad and O’Connell, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from the family court’s order which terminated his parental rights
to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b) (3)(c)(i),
(g), and (j). We affirm.
The lower court did not clearly err in finding that §§ 19b(3)(c)(i) (failure to rectify conditions
leading to adjudication), (g) (failure to provide proper care and custody without reasonable possibility
for correction), and (j) (likelihood of harm to children if returned to respondent’s custody) were each
established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445
NW2d 161 (1989). Respondent not only failed to cooperate with the agency’s plan for parenting
classes, therapy, and violence management, he also failed to recognize his deficiencies as a parent and
the harm his parental deficiencies caused to his children. Further, once the grounds for termination of
parental rights are properly established, the court shall order termination of parental rights “unless the
court finds that termination of parental rights to the child is clearly not in the child’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). Respondent failed to show that termination of his parental rights was clearly
not in the children’s
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best interests. Thus, the family court did not err in t rminating respondent’s parental rights to the
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children.
Affirmed.
/s/ Harold Hood
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
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