IN RE AMBER ELIZABETH BRANON MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of AMBER ELIZABETH
BRANNON, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
December 21, 2001
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 234303
Macomb Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-047580-NA
SHELLEY BRANNON,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
RUSSELL CAMARATA,
Respondent.
Before: Meter, P.J., and Jansen and Gotham*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court’s order terminating her
parental rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm. This
case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
The trial court did not clearly err in finding that subsections 19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j) were
established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I), In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337;
445 NW2d 161 (1989). Petitioner-appellee’s evidence established that respondent-appellant
failed to resolve the substance abuse and other problems that interfered with her ability to care
for her child. Because the evidence did not show that termination of respondent-appellant’s
parental rights was clearly not in the child’s best interests, the trial court did not err in
terminating her parental rights. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612
NW2d 407 (2000).
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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Respondent-appellant also contends that she was denied the effective assistance of
counsel because her attorney failed to oppose the trial court’s decision to discontinue
unsupervised visits with her child. Appellate review of this issue is waived because respondentappellant failed to include it in her statement of questions presented. In re BKD, 246 Mich App
212, 218; 631 NW2d 353 (2001); see also In re Coe Trusts, 233 Mich App 525, 536-537; 593
NW2d 190 (1999).
Affirmed.
/s/ Patrick M. Meter
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Roy D. Gotham
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