IN RE HAYS MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of D.M.H. and D.D.H., Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
April 1, 2003
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 243665
Grand Traverse Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 01-000147-NA
AMANDA DAWN JOHNSON,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
JEREMY DALE PIPER,
Respondent.
Before: Griffin, P.J., and Neff and Gage, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the order of the trial court terminating her
parental rights to her minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(c)(i), (c)(ii), (g), and (j). We
affirm.
The trial court did not err in finding that the 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). The children, then ages two years and eleven months, were removed
from respondent-appellant’s care after she left them alone for several hours without supervision
or food. Though respondent-appellant did participate in some services, the evidence
demonstrated that it was unlikely that she would ever be able to provide the children with
adequate housing or parenting. In sum, there was no evidence to suggest that respondentappellant was any more able to care for the children at the time of termination than she was at the
time that the children were removed from the home.
Further, the evidence did not show that termination of respondent-appellant’s parental
rights was clearly not in the best interests of the children. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo, 462
Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). The trial court, therefore, did not err in terminating
respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the children.
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Affirmed.
/s/ Richard Allen Griffin
/s/ Janet T. Neff
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
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