IN RE ERICA LEE SCHUH MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of N.A.S., Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
June 4, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 235534
Cass Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 00-000037-NA
ANGEL BLEVINS,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
TED SCHUH,
Respondent.
In the Matter of E.L.S., Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 235568
Cass Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 00-000038-NA
ANGEL BLEVINS,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
TED SCHUH,
Respondent.
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In the Matter of N.A.S., Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 235667
Cass Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 00-000037-NA
TED SCHUH,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ANGEL BLEVINS,
Respondent.
In the Matter of E.L.S., Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 235668
Cass Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 00-000038-NA
TED SCHUH,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ANGEL BLEVINS,
Respondent.
Before: Fitzgerald, P.J., and Holbrook, Jr., and Doctoroff, JJ.
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MEMORANDUM.
In these consolidated appeals, respondents appeal as of right from an order terminating
their parental rights to the minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(ii), (g) and (j). We
affirm.
The trial court did not err in finding that statutory grounds for termination were
established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337;
445 NW2d 161 (1989). Respondents were in a position to have prevented the physical and
sexual abuse of the girls by their babysitter, but failed to do so. Because of respondents' failure
to accept responsibility and their failure to acknowledge the seriousness of the girls' injuries,
respondents were clearly unable to provide proper care or custody and there was a reasonable
likelihood that the girls would have been harmed if placed with respondents. Furthermore, the
evidence did not show that termination of respondents' rights was clearly not in the children's
best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000).
Thus, the trial court did not err in terminating respondents' parental rights to the children.
Affirmed.
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Donald E. Holbrook, Jr.
/s/ Martin M. Doctoroff
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