IN RE SKINNER-KNAPP MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of SHANE SKINNER-KNAPP and
JORDAN SKINNER-KNAPP, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
March 15, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 235214
Kalamazoo Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 97-000009-NA
PATRICIA SKINNER,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
PHILLIP KNAPP,
Respondent.
Before: Meter, P.J., and Markey and Owens, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g) and (j). We affirm.
Although the trial court may have erred in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental
rights under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), where, in a narrow sense, the evidence did not show that
the specific conditions that led to adjudication continued to exist at the time of the termination
hearing, any error in this regard was harmless because clear and convincing evidence supported
termination of respondent-appellant’s parental rights under §§ 19b(3)(g) and (j). In re Powers,
244 Mich App 111, 118; 624 NW2d 472 (2000). Further, because at least one ground for
termination was established, the court was required to terminate respondent-appellant’s parental
rights unless the court found that termination was clearly not in the children’s best interests.
MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357, 364-365; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). The
court’s finding regarding the children’s best interests was not clearly erroneous. Trejo, supra.
Hence, the trial court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the
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children. Lastly, we reject respondent-appellant’s claim that the trial court clearly erred in
finding that the children exhibited behaviors of a sexual nature well beyond their years and that
the sexual abuse occurred when the children lived with respondent-appellant and their father.
The evidence amply supports this finding.
We affirm.
/s/ Patrick M. Meter
/s/ Jane E. Markey
/s/ Donald S. Owens
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