IN RE JUSTIN DAVO'N REESE MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of JUSTIN DAVO’N REESE,
Minor.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
June 22, 2004
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 252270
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 01-401464
SIMONE RENEE REESE,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Sawyer, P.J., and Gage and Owens, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent appeals as of right from a circuit court order terminating her parental rights
to the minor child pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (g) and (j). We affirm. This
appeal 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 proved by clear and convincing evidence. In re IEM, 233 Mich App 438,
450; 592 NW2d 751 (1999). The child came into care primarily because respondent beat him
with a belt, leaving marks on his body. Despite attending parenting classes which taught
nonabusive forms of child discipline, respondent testified that she felt whippings were still an
acceptable form of discipline. Further, the trial court’s finding regarding the child’s best
interests was not clearly erroneous. In re Trejo Minors, 462 Mich 341, 354, 356-357; 612 NW2d
407 (2000); MCL 712A.19b(5). Therefore, the trial court did not clearly err in terminating
respondent’s parental rights. Trejo, supra at 356-357.
Affirmed.
/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
/s/ Donald S. Owens
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