IN RE GRABDA MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of BMH and BAG, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
February 1, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 234286
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 84-245,144
JOHN R. GRABDA,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Cavanagh, P.J., Neff and B. B. MacKenzie*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from the order terminating his rights to his two minor
children. The parties agree that the court terminated his rights under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) (no
reasonable likelihood that the conditions leading to adjudication will be rectified); MCL
712A.19b(3)(g) (failure to provide proper care and custody and no reasonable expectation that
the parent will be able to provide proper care and custody within a reasonable time); and MCL
712A.19b(3)(j) (reasonable likelihood that the child will be harmed if returned to the parent’s
home). We affirm.
Unless termination is clearly not in the best interests of the child, the family court must
terminate the rights of the parent if at least one of the statutory grounds is proven by clear and
convincing evidence. MCL 712A.19b(3) and (5); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 351-352; 612
NW2d 407 (2000). Respondent’s appeal brief clearly identifies the three grounds for
termination, and just as clearly indicates that he appeals only two of those grounds, (c)(i) and (g).
Therefore, we need not examine the family court’s decision on the two appealed grounds
because the order stands under the third, MCL 712A.19b(3)(j).
Affirmed.
/s/ Mark J. Cavanagh
/s/ Janet T. Neff
/s/ Barbara B. Mackenzie
* Former Court of Appeals judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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