IN RE PARKER/HAVARD MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of DESHAWN TRACY PARKER,
LYNETTE TINA PARKER, DIAMOND
NERFETITI HAVARD and CARNELL CARNEZ
HAVARD, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
November 25, 2003
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 247454
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 01-395966
TINA LYNETTE PARKER, a/k/a TINA
LYNETTE HAVARD,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
CHRISTOPHER ALBERT, DAMONE SIGNIL
and WILLIAM JERMAINE HAVARD,
Respondents.
Before: Cooper, P.J., and Markey and Meter, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent Tina Havard appeals as of right from a circuit court order terminating her
parental rights to the minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) and (g). We affirm.
This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
The trial court did not clearly err in finding that at least one statutory ground for
termination had been proven by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 3.977(J); In re Miller, 433
Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Respondent made only minimal efforts to comply with
the treatment plan. In addition, she rarely visited the children and evinced little interest in them
when she did see them. Further, the trial court’s finding regarding the child’s best interests was
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not clearly erroneous. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo Minors, 462 Mich 341, 364-365; 612
NW2d 407 (2000). Therefore, the trial court did not clearly err in terminating respondent’s
parental rights. Trejo, supra at 364-365.
Affirmed.
/s/ Jessica R. Cooper
/s/ Jane E. Markey
/s/ Patrick M. Meter
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