IN RE DEVION DE'SEAN JAREEL WEEMS MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of DEVION DE’SEAN JAREEL
WEEMS, Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
June 15, 2004
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 253203
Saginaw Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 03-028275-NA
PAMELA JEAN WEEMS,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Sawyer, P.J., and Gage and Owens, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from the trial court order terminating her parental rights to
the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm.
The trial court did not err in scheduling the permanency planning hearing. It was
scheduled within one year of the dispositional order. MCL 712A.19a (1).
Further, the evidence revealed no clear error in the trial court’s finding that the statutory
grounds for termination were established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 3.977(J); In re
Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Respondent suffered from a drug addiction
that spanned over twenty years. This addiction led to her three older children being placed in
guardianships. Despite what appeared to be respondent’s good intentions to overcome her
addiction after being incarcerated, the court did not clearly err in concluding there was
insufficient evidence to support a finding that respondent had overcome the long history of failed
attempts at sobriety.
Finally, the evidence did not establish that termination of respondent’s parental rights
was contrary to the child’s best interests. In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 353; 612 NW2d 407
(2000). Therefore, the trial court did not err in terminating respondent’s parental rights.
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Affirmed.
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
/s/ Donald S. Owens
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