IN RE CHELSEA KAY MARIE FERENCE MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of CHELSEA KAY MARIE
FERENCE, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
January 15, 2004
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 247772
Livingston Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 01-300036-NA
RANDY VANBLARICUM,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
RENEE FERENCE,
Respondent.
Before: Fitzgerald, P.J., and Neff and White, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating his
parental rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g) and (j). We affirm.
The trial court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination
were established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I), MCR 3.977(J); In re Miller,
433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). The expert testimony clearly and convincingly
established that respondent-appellant suffers from intermittent explosive disorder, depression,
and mild mental retardation and that there is considerable risk that he will react with the same
explosive anger to the frustration of raising a young child that he has displayed in reaction to
other stressful experiences. The record further established that although respondent-appellant is
well-motivated and wants the best for his child, his parenting skills are “virtually non-existent,”
and he is unlikely to respond to services aimed at improving his parenting skills due to his low
IQ and traumatic brain injuries.
Further, the evidence did not show that termination of respondent-appellant’s parental
rights was clearly not in the child’s best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); In re Trejo, 462 Mich
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341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). Thus, the trial court did not err in terminating respondentappellant’s parental rights to the child.
Affirmed.
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Janet T. Neff
/s/ Helene N. White
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