IN RE JACK MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of KAYLA JACK, AHREA JACK
and MEGAN JACK, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
January 29, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
WENDI VANHECK,
No. 234313
St. Clair Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-000596
Respondent-Appellant,
and
MIKE DESOT and RONALD JACK,
Respondents.
Before: Sawyer, P.J., and O’Connell and Zahra, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating her
parental rights to Kayla Jack under MCL 712A.19b(3) (c), (g), (i) 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 §§ 19b(3)(c)(i), (g), (i) 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 keep visits with her children, failed to benefit from parenting classes, and failed to
stabilize her life sufficiently to provide a proper home for the minor children. Because the
evidence did not show that termination of respondent-appellant’s parental rights was clearly not
in Kayla’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).
Affirmed.
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
/s/ Brian K. Zahra
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