IN RE DIAZ MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of I.D., J.M.D., R.M.D., and A.L.D.,
Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
October 25, 2002
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 235996
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 95-330098
CARMEN ROSA DIAZ,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
ISMAEL DIAZ and ALBERTO OCASIO,
Respondents.
Before: Saad, P.J., and Smolenski and Owens, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court’s order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (b)(ii), (c)(i), (g), and (j).
We affirm.
We review for clear error both the trial court’s decision whether a statutory ground for
termination was proven by clear and convincing evidence and its decision regarding a child’s
best interests. MCR 5.974(I); In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). We
are not persuaded that termination of respondent-appellant’s parental rights was warranted under
§ 19b(3)(a)(ii). However, because only one statutory ground for termination is required, In re
Sours, 459 Mich 624, 641; 593 NW2d 520 (1999), and because the court did not clearly err in
finding that §§ 19b(3)(b)(ii), (c)(i), (g), and (j) were supported by clear and convincing evidence,
the court did not clearly err by finding that statutory grounds existed for termination of
respondent-appellant’s parental rights.
Finally, considered in its entirety, the evidence did not show that termination of
respondent-appellant's parental rights was contrary to the children's best interests. MCL
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712A19b(5). Therefore, the trial court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant's parental
rights. Id.
Affirmed.
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Michael R. Smolenski
/s/ Donald S. Owens
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