IN RE LEANN MARIE HERNDEN MINOR
Annotate this Case
Download PDF
STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of LMH, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
December 18, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 231717
Macomb Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 94-040463-NA
ROBERT HERNDEN,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ALICE DAVIS,
Respondent.
In the Matter of LMH, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 231861
Macomb Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 94-040463-NA
ALICE DAVIS,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ROBERT HERNDEN,
Respondent.
-1-
Before: White, P.J., and Talbot and E.R. Post*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
In these consolidated appeals, respondents appeal as of right from the trial court's order
terminating their parental rights to the minor child. The court terminated respondent-father's
parental rights under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), and (g). Respondent-mother's parental
rights were terminated under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (l). We affirm. These appeals are
being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
We review for clear error both the trial court's decision whether a statutory ground for
termination was proven by clear and convincing evidence and its decision regarding a child's
best interests. MCR 5.974(I); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). We
conclude that the trial court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for
termination were established by clear and convincing evidence with respect to both respondents.
Furthermore, considered in its entirety, the evidence did not show that termination of
respondents' parental rights was clearly not in the child's best interests. Id. Thus, the trial court
did not clearly err in terminating respondents' parental rights to the child.
Affirmed.
/s/ Helene N. White
/s/ Michael J. Talbot
/s/ Edward R. Post
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
-2-
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
