IN RE PARKER MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of ANTOINETTA VICTORIA
PARKER and ANTONIA VICTORIA PARKER,
Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
February 26, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 232883
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 86-257197
ANTONIA PARKER,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
EVALYNN PELCHER,
Respondent.
Before: Smolenski, P.J., and Doctoroff and Owens, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating his
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g), (i) and (j). We affirm. This
case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
This Court reviews for clear error both the trial court’s decision that statutory grounds for
terminating parental rights were proven by clear and convincing evidence and its decision
regarding the children’s best interests. MCR 5.974(I); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612
NW2d 407 (2000). As petitioner concedes, termination was not warranted under § 19b(3)(i).
However, we find that the trial court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for
termination under §§ 19b(3)(g) and (j) were established by clear and convincing evidence.
Furthermore, considered in its entirety, the evidence did not show that termination of
respondent's parental rights was clearly not in the children’s best interests. Therefore, the trial
court did not err in terminating respondent’s parental rights.
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Affirmed.
/s/ Michael R. Smolenski
/s/ Martin D. Doctoroff
/s/ Donald S. Owens
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