IN RE JUNE & MARTENIES MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of B.C.J., N.K.J., S.R.M., B.M.M.,
and Z.M., Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
March 16, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 229604
Hillsdale Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 00-000116-NA
KATHRYN BIDDINGER,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
DANIEL STUART BIDDINGER, DOUG
HANKERD, and CRAIG MARTENIES,
Respondents.
Before: Saad, P.J., and Fitzgerald and O’Connell, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant mother appeals as of right from an order terminating her parental
rights to her five minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(g), (i), and (j); MSA
27.3178(598.19b)(3)(g), (i), and (j). We affirm.
Respondent asserts that the record lacked clear and convincing evidence to justify the
court’s decision to terminate her parental rights. We disagree. This Court reviews for clear error
a trial court’s decision to terminate parental rights. In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356; 612 NW2d
407 (2000); MCR 5.974(I). We have carefully reviewed the lower court record and conclude that
the trial court’s finding that petitioner established a statutory ground to terminate respondent’s
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parental rights, and that the termination was in the children’s best interest, was not clearly
erroneous.
Affirmed.
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
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